Brivo Vs. Kirschenbaum On 125 kHz Usage
Shortly after IPVM called for the industry's dominant credential provider, HID, to stop selling cracked 125 kHz credentials, Brivo issued a...
By Jermaine Wilson - 6 months ago
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Amazon Ring Neighbors Users Unknowingly Reporting Activity to Police
Amazon Ring's companion app Neighbors is a free neighborhood watch-style platform where users can share public safety concerns. But users may not...
By Christie Smythe - 7 months ago
Congress Probes ADI & Costco Over Selling Dahua and Hikvision
Two of the largest sellers of security products globally, Resideo's ADI and Costco, are being questioned over "threaten[ing] national security" and...
By Conor Healy and Charles Rollet - 7 months ago
Verkada Offered $200 to Gov Official for Webinar
Verkada asked a Florida airport IT director to illegally accept money in exchange for holding a webinar to tout Verkada's products to prospects,...
By Conor Healy - 7 months ago
Hikvision Falsely Claims Security Endorsed By UK Government
Hikvision claims the UK government "endorses the security credentials of Hikvision’s products," but the UK government directly denied this to...
By Charles Rollet - 7 months ago
Why We Believe Evolv Express Is Not Actually Intelligent
While Evolv prominently markets "AI" (Artificial Intelligence), we do not believe Evolv Express is actually intelligent because it struggles to...
By Nikita Ermolaev, Conor Healy, John Honovich, and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago
Fear Of HID Lawsuits Intimidate The Industry
The hidden truth of access control is that HID's oppressive legal tactics intimidate the industry, with companies either scared of crossing HID or...
By John Honovich and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago
Unsubstantiated Claims: Athena, Evolv, SoundThinking, Xtract One Claim 7x to 10x Metal Detectors Throughput
Speed is a critical criterion for weapons screening buyers who hope not only to detect weapons but to do it with minimal inconvenience. This has...
By Nikita Ermolaev and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago
HID CEO Speaks On Massive Product Shortages Causes
HID product shortages were one of the biggest access control problems throughout the Pandemic, only recovering recently. Now, HID's CEO Björn...
By Angelique Chen, John Honovich, and Christie Smythe - 7 months ago
Lee Odess Alleges Omdia's "Numbers Complete Garbage"
The most widely used physical security market sizing numbers are from Omdia, formerly known as IHS Markit and IMS, which has been providing this...
By John Honovich - 7 months ago
Vivint Directed Reps To Trick Consumers With "Independent" Websites It Paid
An internal Vivint training manual — obtained by IPVM recently via court records — directs sales representatives to persuade reluctant customers...
By Christie Smythe - 7 months ago
Dahua Joins UN Compact Prohibiting Human Rights Abuses, Despite Own Record
Dahua is touting its acceptance into a UN initiative whose core principles prohibit human rights abuses, despite Dahua's own record including...
By Conor Healy - 7 months ago
Evolv Admits FTC "Questions" Its Marketing Practices
While Evolv's financial results are outperforming its own expectations, the company admitted that the US government agency that regulates...
By Conor Healy - 7 months ago
Hikvision Welcomes PRC Premier, Urged To 'Thoroughly Implement' Xi Jinping's "Important Instructions"
Hikvision has just welcomed the China Communist Party's second-in-command, the most powerful state visit since Xi Jinping visited in...
By Charles Rollet - 7 months ago
Problems Evolv School Customers Admit
While Evolv alleges it "eliminates the friction" that students experience, nine of Evolv's own customers show problems and "friction" despite...
By Nikita Ermolaev and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago
Vivint Removed From Newsweek's "Most Trusted Companies in America"
Vivint has been removed from Newsweek's "Most Trusted Companies in America" 2023 after IPVM inquired. In this note, we examine Newsweek's...
By Christie Smythe - 7 months ago
Top Alternatives to Verkada
Verkada has become one of the largest but most disliked, manufacturers in the surveillance industry, but what do integrators say are the best...
By IPVM Team - 7 months ago
UK GDPR Video Surveillance False Fines Claims Investigated
Violating the GDPR is a common concern for businesses deploying video surveillance in Europe, and misleading statistics about fines can be used to...
By Charles Rollet - 8 months ago
Verkada Sends Airport to Collections, But Still Wins Project
Unprecedented is Verkada's practice of sending prospects to debt collections. Even more atypical, Verkada sent an airport to collections and still...
By Conor Healy - 8 months ago
Evolv "Deeply Regrets" Generalizing About Its Capabilities, Conflicts With FTC Rules
After years of false marketing issues at Evolv, the company has for the first time admitted that its statements may have "generalize[d] our...
By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 8 months ago
ZKTeco Planned USA "Factory" Examined
ZKTeco announced the US 'factory' in 2020, but a lack of credible details, changing its proposed location twice, reducing its initial planned...
By Charles Rollet - 8 months ago
Verkada First Generation Cameras Analytics Performance Decline
How do cloud video surveillance customers know if their provider quietly reduces the performance of their products? New IPVM testing shows this...
By Mert Karakaya - 8 months ago
Vivint Sales Manual Directs Reps To Deceive ADT Customers
IPVM has obtained a Vivint sales manual, via court records, that shows how Vivint's management directed its door-to-door sales reps to deceive ADT...
By Christie Smythe - 8 months ago
Huawei Founded Uniview, Uniview Now Hides
For years, Uniview bragged about how Huawei founded it and its deep ties to Huawei, but, in the past few years, Uniview stopped and even hid such...
By IPVM Team - 8 months ago
Criminally Indicted Aventura Moves To Disqualify Attorney of End User They Are Suing
Suing one's customer is rare enough in physical security, but Aventura has now taken the unusual step of moving to disqualify their end-user's...
By William Howard-Waddingham - 8 months ago
