Canada Orders Chinese Firm Hikvision To Cease Canadian Operations Over National Security Concerns (reuters.com) 15
The Canadian government has ordered Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer Hikvision to cease operations in Canada over national security concerns, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said late on Friday. From a report: Hikvision, also known as Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co, has faced numerous sanctions and restrictions by Canada's neighbor, the United States, over the past five and a half years for the firm's dealings and the use of its equipment in China's Xinjiang region, where rights groups have documented abuses against the Uyghur population and other Muslim communities.
"The government has determined that Hikvision Canada's continued operations in Canada would be injurious to Canada's national security," Joly said on X, adding that the decision was taken after a multi-step review of information provided by Canada's security and intelligence community."
"The government has determined that Hikvision Canada's continued operations in Canada would be injurious to Canada's national security," Joly said on X, adding that the decision was taken after a multi-step review of information provided by Canada's security and intelligence community."
Hikvision (Score:5, Funny)
Xinjiang again (Score:1)
That's been thoroughly debunked. Why do they keep this nonsense up.
Fight over land vs fight over cultural conversion (Score:2)
China bad, mmmkay? Separatist islamist terrorists good, mmmkay?
Terrorism is wrong, Uyghurs or Palestinian. Israel can be criticized for various actions. But they do not rise to the level of horror that is the Chinese Communist Party. The CDP literally wants the Uyghurs to act and think like Han Chinese.
Israel is not attempting to forcibly convert muslims, to forcibly have a people abandon their religion and culture. There are peaceful Israeli muslims. They are in the Israeli legislature. They are Israeli judges. Palestinians are fighting over land, Uyghurs are figh
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China is doing what many people in the UK and US demand - forced integration.
I'm not saying that to excuse China, I'm saying we need to be extremely vigilant and not let it happen here.
Re: Xinjiang again (Score:1)
The technique requires a demon and demonisation and some demonic thing to point at.
Notice itâ(TM)s always structured like this:
1. Sham elections in country C!
2. Mr D is an authoritarian/dictator
3. Look what is happening to the poor people P in region R of country C!
4. We must invade and bring our freedoms to country C!
Anyone has actual info? (Score:2)
What's the actual risk posed by this hardware in a well isolated vlan with no internet access?
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Assuming the answer to you question is "None":
How often to the end-users properly isolate the camera?
I don't think "If used properly, but not in the way most people use it" is a good argument.
Canada should be able to trust what it buys (Score:3)
What's the actual risk posed by this hardware in a well isolated vlan with no internet access?
Canada should not be forced to go to such extremes to protect itself from the equipment it is buying.
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If you are really paranoid there might be ways to remotely enable WiFi or something, but it's unlikely. For domestic use there really is no issue, it's only high security stuff where you might think twice.
They have good optics and cameras, and you can find modified firmwares to enable extra features. Since some countries got paranoid there have been plenty of them cheap on the used market too.
got some ... (Score:1)
CCP can't be trusted (Score:2)
Doctor who defected to U.S. says Chinese scientists trained to steal U.S. lab research for Beijing
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