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.

Displaying reports 201 - 225 of 3,237 in total

Dahua and Hikvision Co-Author Racial And Ethnic PRC Police Standards

Hikvision and Dahua helped write Chinese police video surveillance standards which include tracking people's skin color - such as "black", "yellow"...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago | 26 Comments

Woman Dies After Screened By Faulty Hikvision Fever Camera System

A 27-year-old woman died with COVID-19 hours after a Hikvision open-air, low-resolution, no-black-body fever camera gave her the all-clear with a...

By Robert Wren Gordon - about 3 years ago | 35 Comments

Certify Pulls, Denies Admitting, Caught Relabelling Fever Screener From China

The self-proclaimed "#1 fever detection" offering, sold to the NFL and other major enterprises has pulled its InfinityX offering, which IPVM found...

By Conor Healy - about 3 years ago | 4 Comments

Verkada Mass Hack

Verkada has suffered a massive hack, according to Bloomberg, of all ~150,000 of the company's cameras. Worse, the hacker told Bloomberg they...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 218 Comments

FDA Issues 13 Warning Letters For Multi-Person Fever Screening Violations

The US FDA has sent warning letters to four [update: now thirteen] thermal imaging device suppliers, describing them as "violations of regulatory...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 10 Comments

Hikvision Temperature Screening Outdoors And In Buses

Hikvision is selling temperature screening outdoors and on buses, putting public safety at risk and wasting public money, including 55 buses at a...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 15 Comments

ADI Promotes Human Rights Abusing Dahua

Publicly Traded Resideo's ADI division, the security industry's largest distributor continues to promote 'stocking up' on Dahua despite Dahua's...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 97 Comments

Dahua Responds, Caught Lying

Dahua has responded to IPVM and the LA Times investigation into Dahua's "Uyghur Warnings". Dahua has been caught lying repeatedly about its human...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 39 Comments

Senators Question Amazon On Dahua 'Uyghur Warnings'

Two US Senators sent a letter questioning Amazon after IPVM and the LA Times exposed Dahua's "real-time Uyghur warnings" for China police. In...

By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago | 13 Comments

Dahua Offers Race Recognition - "Black", "White", "Yellow"

Dahua offers race recognition, verified by Dahua's own software client, SDK, technical documentation, and public bids, IPVM has found. Dahua...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago | 51 Comments

Dahua Provides "Uyghur Warnings" To China Police

Dahua provides "real-time Uyghur Warnings" to China police, as Dahua's own technical documents reveal, discovered by IPVM. This video explains what...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago | 22 Comments

Hikvision Violates Own Temperature Screening Instructions

The fundamental problems of temperature screening in doorways are, by now, well known, including by Hikvision. However, Hikvision's newest...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Free VMS Software Directory

Many Video Management Software (VMS) providers offer free versions, either open source, for a limited number of cameras, or for a limited amount of...

By IPVM Team - about 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Man Convicted for $11 Million Fraud Touts Verkada Partnership

A Pennsylvania man convicted of a multi-million dollar fraud has become a security systems integrator touting his partnership with Verkada two...

By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 81 Comments

The IFSEC "Global Influencers" Is A Joke

IFSEC, best known for its struggling UK trade show, is expanding its 'influencer' rankings. Ranking 'influence' is inherently dubious but IFSEC's...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 44 Comments

Frame Rate Guide for Video Surveillance

Choosing the right frame rate for your application is important but understanding when you should use 10 or 15 or 20 or 30 or even 60 frames per...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 44 Comments

CES: Our Awards Are Not Endorsements

The CES show has added an Orwellian disclaimer that it does not 'endorse' the products it gives awards to, following IPVM criticizing CES for...

By John Honovich and Zach Segal - over 3 years ago | 9 Comments

Fever Detecting Doorbell Wins CES Award, Fools WSJ

Fever detection was a booming, comical, and dangerous market in 2020. While the market has now mostly busted, a new entrant has won a CES award for...

By John Honovich and Zach Segal - over 3 years ago | 16 Comments

Patenting Uyghur Tracking - Huawei, Megvii, More

A patent application authored by Huawei and the PRC government includes Uyghur-detection analytics, in the latest proof that the China tech giant...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 7 Comments

The Real Solution To The Industry's Talent Shortage

Recruit poor and working-class young people. This is the best solution to the industry's "talent shortage.' In this essay, the successor to...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 11 Comments

Alibaba Admits Developing Racist Uyghur Recognition

Alibaba admitted its Cloud division developed racist AI software, saying it is "dismayed" while claiming it "never intended" to target "specific...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 2 Comments

Alibaba Uyghur Recognition As A Service

Alibaba, the NYSE-listed 'Amazon of China' with a $700 billion+ market cap, openly offers Uyghur/'ethnic minority' recognition as a Cloud service,...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Huawei / Megvii Uyghur Alarms

Huawei and Megvii worked together to test and validate Uyghur alarms, according to a Huawei "interoperability report" found by IPVM. Huawei is the...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 8 Comments

Hikvision Growing Xinjiang Operations

Hikvision's massive Xinjiang operations are growing, with the firm showcasing the China Communist Party Constitution and boasting how a customer...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Câmeras térmicas Hikvision colocam público de shoppings de São Paulo em risco

7 câmeras térmicas Hikvision, sem a calibragem com a tecnologia black body ou controle de clima, foram encontradas pela IPVM em shoppings de São...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago

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