IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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Hikvision Alleges Forehead Only Fever Screening is Smart; It's Actually Dangerous

Forehead only fever screening violates global standards and increases error risks but Hikvision alleges that it is 'smart'. It is not. This...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago

UN Agency Buys 'Swiss' Fever Cams From Firm That Faked Accreditation, Sales, Marketing

A Swiss company claims to have "fully designed and manufactured" the world's "most accurate" fever camera entirely in Switzerland and recently sold...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 13 Comments

FLIR Moves To Dismiss X.Labs Lawsuit

FLIR has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit X.Labs filed against it, alleging that X.Labs is attempting to force FLIR to supply its products...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 2 Comments

The NOT Outstanding Security Equipment Manufacturer 2020

The "OSPAs" promised to be credible, transparent, and respectable. They have failed on all accounts for 'security equipment...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 5 Comments

Dartmouth College Deploys K3 Temperature Screening

While Dartmouth College has a $6+ billion endowment, the College has bought dozens of the K3, one of the lowest cost temperature screening systems,...

By Zach Segal - over 3 years ago | 10 Comments

Norway Council of Ethics Finds Hikvision Human Rights Abuses "Ongoing"

Hikvision's involvement in "serious human rights abuse" in Xinjiang is "ongoing", according to the Ethics Council of Norway's trillion-dollar oil...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 7 Comments

IPVM Design Calculator User Manual / Guide

Learn how to use the IPVM Design Calculator (updated for Version 3.1). The guide below includes instructions, images, gifs, and videos...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 118 Comments

Axis Compares Fever Camera Sellers to 9/11

Axis Communications, the West's largest surveillance camera manufacturer, has quietly sat out the fever camera gold rush. No more. In a new NBC...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 55 Comments

No Blackbody Mistake, Half Million Dollar, Hikvision Fever Camera System in Georgia

A Georgia school district touted buying Hikvision fever screening "about $2,000 cheaper per camera" with no blackbody for a total cost of a half a...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 27 Comments

Hikvision Impossible 30 People Simultaneously Fever Claim Dupes Baldwin Alabama

The Alabama school district which spent $1 million on Hikvision fever cameras did so based on a false claim that the Hikvision system could take...

By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 27 Comments

Provider Admits Seoul Bus Station Temperature Screening Wrong

The South Korean company, EHOO, providing the temperature tablets highlighted in IPVM's Seoul bus station report, admits that the bus shelter...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago

South Korea Bus Outdoor Temperature Screening Endangers Public

These $80,000+ South Korea bus stations have gained world-wide attention but IPVM verified they use cheap temperature tablets outdoors, endangering...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago

NDAA Video Surveillance Ban / Blacklists Guide

This guide provides a reference to the NDAA ban and blacklist. The US government has implemented wide-ranging prohibitions on using, buying, and...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 30 Comments

School District Admits Not Following FDA Guidelines With 144, No Blackbody, Hikvision Fever Cameras

The Baldwin County School District has admitted it is not following FDA guidelines for its Hikvision fever camera system. This is in response to...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 51 Comments

Alabama Schools Million Dollar Hikvision Fever Camera Deal

The Baldwin County, Alabama public schools purchased a $1 million, 144-camera Hikvision thermal system to screen fevers at dozens of its schools...

By Sean Patton and Charles Rollet - almost 4 years ago | 23 Comments

Dahua Taunts Australian Government, Continues To Sell Illegal Fever Cameras

Dahua is effectively taunting the Australian government by continuing to sell fever cameras on its website and to its distributors despite not...

By Charles Rollet - almost 4 years ago | 14 Comments

SIA Coaches Sellers on NDAA 889B Blacklist Workarounds

Last month SIA demanded that NDAA 899B "must be delayed". Now that they have failed to delay it, SIA is coaching sellers on workarounds to...

By Conor Healy - almost 4 years ago | 29 Comments

IPVM Editorial Staff

IPVM has the largest and most experienced editorial team covering physical security technology including video surveillance, access control,...

By IPVM Team - almost 4 years ago | 11 Comments

Ink Labs Relabels China YCX Fever Camera And Steals Dahua's Marketing

A US company marketed a 'thermal temperature scanner' as its own, selling this to schools, despite it being relabelled from China YCX while...

By Sean Patton - almost 4 years ago | 2 Comments

This YouTuber is Now Selling ThermoHealth Temperature Screening

An enterprising 20-year old is mass marketing medical devices on Facebook and Instagram, selling the K3 (tested here) at a ~600%...

By Joey Walter - almost 4 years ago | 20 Comments

Anixter Runs Fake Coronavirus Marketing Using Shutterstock Watermarked Images

Coronavirus faked marketing is regrettably commonplace right now but Anixter has taken it to another level of absurdity by running watermarked...

By John Honovich - almost 4 years ago | 18 Comments

Hikvision Admits Minority Recognition, Now Claims Canceled

For the first time, Hikvision has directly addressed its minority recognition software, acknowledging that it offered this, but now claims to have...

By Charles Rollet - almost 4 years ago | 5 Comments

Directory of 400+ Fever Camera News Reports Globally

This global directory tracks 400+ articles about thermal cameras used to detect fevers in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Articles are...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 4 years ago | 6 Comments

70+ Security Industry Companies Take $50 Million PPP Funding

70+ security industry companies have taken more than $40 million in PPP funds, IPVM has confirmed from US government records. Inside this...

By John Honovich - almost 4 years ago | 24 Comments

These Florida Real Estate Agents Are Now Selling "SafeCheck USA" Temperature Detectors

The "Kakon Brothers", William and Nathan, are self-described "south Florida Power Agents specializing in Luxury Real Estate" who "have closed over...

By John Honovich and Joey Walter - almost 4 years ago | 41 Comments

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