UK Defines 'Sensitive Sites' Where PRC Cameras Are Banned
The UK has officially clarified what is, and what is not, considered a 'sensitive site', a major development as the UK's PRC camera ban originally...
By Charles Rollet - 6 days ago (Info+)
The UK has officially clarified what is, and what is not, considered a 'sensitive site', a major development as the UK's PRC camera ban originally...
By Charles Rollet - 6 days ago (Info+)
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By Rob Kilpatrick - 13 days ago (Research)
While audio usage in video surveillance was historically rare, it has been increasing over the past years, new IPVM statistics show. 160+...
By Angelique Chen - 14 days ago (Info+)
Time has selected IPVM Founder John Honovich to its TIME100 Most Influential People in AI alongside European, Taiwan, and US government officials,...
By IPVM Team - 19 days ago
Can California law enforcement agencies share LPR data outside of California? An IPVM investigation found that agencies are sharply divided as...
By Christie Smythe - about 1 month ago (Info+)
For decades, physical security technology has been driven by manufacturers, but they will be replaced or transformed into mega cloud providers,...
By John Honovich - about 1 month ago (Info+)
Despite assurances for years that Hikvision has stopped minority analytics, just 7 months ago local PRC authorities awarded a $6 million contract...
By IPVM Team - 2 months ago (Info+)
Dahua specifies a person who is Uyghur, a man, and whose religion is Islam in its API guide for a residential security platform it offers in the...
By Charles Rollet - 2 months ago (Info+)
Databuoy, an acoustic gunshot detection startup comprised of engineering academics from the field, claims "pinpoint location accuracy" and "no...
By Brandon Niskala - 3 months ago (Info+)
The BBC has released a half-hour documentary, visiting IPVM's USA testing facility, investigating PRC surveillance and Hikvision and Dahua's...
By Charles Rollet - 3 months ago
A ZKTeco camera marketed "race" (种族) detection on its Chinese language website, IPVM verified, which ZKTeco quickly deleted and refused to comment...
By Charles Rollet - 3 months ago (Info+)
Genetec admits to a tiny percentage of direct sales but disputes allegations from former employees that direct sales are significant and...
By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 3 months ago (Info+)
In the latest example of PRC/Western decoupling, Axis told IPVM it stopped selling to Hong Kong police due to human rights abuses after IPVM...
By Charles Rollet - 3 months ago (Info+)
As fears about AI and the PRC rise, an IPVM reporter's tweet went viral, amassing over 2 million views, boosted by a prominent tech...
By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - 4 months ago
Political protests are quickly suppressed in the PRC, most famously with the recent Beijing Bridge Man banner. Dahua is offering a technological...
By Charles Rollet - 4 months ago (Info+)
Flock is building upon its market-disrupting quick deploy LPR cameras (tested), and hundreds of millions in funding, now taking on general...
By Sean Patton - 4 months ago (Info+)
StarChase is a niche US company that provides GPS launchers to law enforcement for tagging and tracking vehicles, was recently showcased by the...
By Nikita Ermolaev and Christie Smythe - 5 months ago (Info+)
Shanghai police are building a sweeping surveillance system which notifies authorities whenever foreign journalists book flights or train tickets...
By IPVM Team - 5 months ago
Despite the widespread adoption of video surveillance for deterring crime, two British researchers found that its usefulness in solving cases is...
By Ethan Ace and Christie Smythe - 5 months ago (Info+)
While Hikvision has kept its human rights investigation report secret for 2 years, IPVM has obtained speeches from a Hikvision partner event where...
By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago
New York City's Mayor drew significant attention this week for the piloting of 2 robots (Knightscope and Boston Dynamics) as well as a gun that...
By Nikita Ermolaev, John Honovich, and Christie Smythe - 5 months ago (Info+)
ShotSpotter, used widely by law enforcement, has long been at the center of controversies. Now the acoustic gunshot detection company is changing...
By Christie Smythe - 6 months ago (Info+)
Two years after a deal was announced, Dahua has successfully sold $740 million in new stock to state-owned enterprise China Mobile, sending its...
By Charles Rollet - 6 months ago (Info+)
A court ruling in an Ohio city has brought hope and excitement to the alarm industry that false alarm-related fees will be swept away but IPVM's...
By Christie Smythe - 6 months ago (Info+)
Axon is claiming that its new generation Taser 10 delivers a "New Era in Less-Lethal Technology", part of Axon's "Moonshot" effort to reduce...
By Nikita Ermolaev - 6 months ago (Info+)
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