Ezviz = Hikvision = PRC Government

Published Jan 08, 2016 05:00 AM

Ezviz has seemingly come out of nowhere to become a major player in consumer electronics / security. Unfortunately, Ezviz consistently hides the truth of who they are from the mainstream press.

Ezviz claims to be an American company (e.g., "EZVIZ is a North American company headquartered in City of Industry, California.") but Ezviz is a brand of PRC based Hikvision, which is primarily owned by the PRC government.

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Comments (16)
UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Jan 08, 2016
Way to go IPVM for exposing the primative marketing gimmicks, state ownership distortion of the market, and blatant security defects of this HIK entity
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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Jan 08, 2016

Well Said

PC
Patrick Clarke
Jan 08, 2016

EZVIZ = horrible company name

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #4
Jan 08, 2016

I really don't know where they were going with that name either. Sounds more like a highway toll collection company than a camera.

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U
Undisclosed #3
Jan 08, 2016
IPVMU Certified

It could be worse, in China the brand is actually known as Ying Shi, which we call fluorite, a mineral to which healing properties are ascribed.

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MC
Marty Calhoun
Oct 28, 2016
IPVMU Certified

Horrible name....Possibly, but I would like to have a nickel for every camera they sell and they can call it whatever they want!

U
Undisclosed #3
Oct 29, 2016
IPVMU Certified

Possibly, but I would like to have a nickel for every camera they sell...

There goes the profit!

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U
Undisclosed #3
Jan 08, 2016
IPVMU Certified

General Secretary Xi Jinping meeting Hikvision engineers...

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Jan 08, 2016

I mean, its pretty obvious who runs and owns EZVIZ...

They are both located in the same facility/address.

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JH
John Honovich
Jan 08, 2016
IPVM

And both of those are simply country branch offices. EZVIZ is headquartered in the USA like the Queen of England is from China...

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #5
Jan 09, 2016

"Office"...not "offices"....hell they don't even have suites they can claim are different. Neither are clearly headquartered here, as we already know, but if anyone ever second guessed they were not in cahoots, this would be a prime example they share the same walls and roof....regardless of what they vaguely claim...

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U
Undisclosed #3
Jan 09, 2016
IPVMU Certified

Some more "shared space" at the Shenzhen Public Library:

Looks like Ezviz Elementary and Hik High...

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UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #6
Jan 17, 2016

At Intersec in Dubai this week HIK is making no secret of their EZVIZ business.

HIK EZVIZ 1

It also seems squarely targeted at the likes of GoPro rather than the security sector, hence the bike on the stand...

JH
John Honovich
Jan 17, 2016
IPVM

Good feedback, thanks!

It appears to be primarily a US / NA tactic then. I am curious what their rationale is for hiding it in the US versus being public in other countries.

JH
John Honovich
Aug 10, 2016
IPVM

Hikvision has now deleted the Ezviz California 'Story' page:

JH
John Honovich
Oct 28, 2016
IPVM

Hikvision is now fully up front about owning Ezviz, in their new about page: