Hikvision USA Declares "HERETOSTAY", With ADI
Hikvision USA is running a marketing campaign titled "#HERETOSTAY" leveraging events at ADI, the US's largest security system distributor and part of publicly-traded Resideo.
Inside this note, we examine Hikvision USA's efforts and how they leverage their relationship with ADI, despite being deemed a national security threat by the FCC, federally banned by the NDAA, and sanctioned for human rights abuses.
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