How many, if any, Vivint sales reps have deceived customers into thinking they are from ADT? That is at the heart of litigation between the two...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Will you get sued for finding a vulnerability? In their EULAs, manufacturers widely prohibit decompiling source, a core step in finding most...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
Is ShotSpotter, the widely used and widely criticized gunshot detection system, accurate or not? This has become a heated debate in Chicago with...
By Donald Maye - about 3 years ago
Inalarm, once one of Dahua's biggest Mexico distributors, has sued the Hangzhou-based company in Mexican court, IPVM has confirmed. This is...
By Robert Wren Gordon - about 3 years ago
Vivint's Chief Legal Officer, Shawn Lindquist, is stepping down from his role, effective August 31, 2021. This follows just weeks after Vivint's...
By Isabella Cheng - about 3 years ago
The South Korean government has revoked authorizations for 224 Hikvision products over forged test reports, forcing Hikvision to withdraw the...
By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago
Hytera alleged it did not need stolen Motorola IP to launch its first DMR radio. Instead, the company maintains it had done "all the hard work"...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Hikvision alleges the US government is "targeting" them "simply because we happen to be headquartered in China". Hikvision provided no...
By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago
Vivint's new CEO is former Vivint COO and Vivint Solar CEO David Bywater. However, Bywater was in charge of operations during both companies'...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
A jewelry store alleges it was "robbed and destroyed" after its ADT silent alarm failed to go off during a break-in, the second failure in 7...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Hytera alleged its own employees were "villains", defending the company against Motorola's lawsuit that Hytera stole Motorola's IP, maintaining...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
In a David vs Goliath contest, a small Washington integrator has sued ADT, after hiring an ex-ADT employee, contesting over numerous accounts, most...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Hytera, a China communications manufacturer, is the least well-known of the 5 NDAA-banned companies. Who is Hytera? In this report, IPVM...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Vivint's Founder Todd Pedersen will resign as CEO, the company announced in a 'leadership transition plan'. While Pedersen said that he...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - over 3 years ago
The ADT 'sexual gratification' technician insisted on installing cameras in a woman and her child's bedrooms, alleges a new lawsuit filed against...
By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - over 3 years ago
San Francisco admits it asked and received a link for remote, real-time access but denies it ever clicked the link. However, an SFPD email suggests...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Vivint illegally opened "hundreds of thousands of accounts" by stealing identities so that customers who could not qualify for product financing...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
ADT has teamed with Google, with Amazon / Ring being a major competitor. Now, ADT has issued a press release and a lawsuit against Ring. However,...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
Massive evidence has shown that Dahua rigged a ~$24 million USD bid in Brazil, contradicting Dahua's denial while Dahua refuses to address this...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago
Briefcam has sued AxxonSoft for patent infringement over AxxonSoft's TimeCompressor, although AxxonSoft claims it has its own patent for the...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
ADT Commercial is suing a former employee and subcontractor for allegedly stealing ADT's proprietary pricing tools, customers and...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
A Brazilian State Deputy alleges that Dahua, in cahoots with local authorities, rigged a ~$24 million USD bid in its favor, in doing so violating...
By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago
Verkada has repeatedly and falsely claimed to be certified HIPAA Compliant, with a HIPAA consultant telling IPVM Verkada's actions are a "HIPAA...
By Conor Healy - over 3 years ago
Vivint has sued ADT for patent infringement, embroiling North America's 2 largest home security competitors in a crossfire of lawsuits. In...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
How much should ADT pay the 200+ victims of its "sexual gratification" technician? ADT offered as little as $2,500 framing it as a "reimbursement"/...
By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago
