The Hong Kong Consumer Council tested the cyber security of ten home surveillance cameras on the market and found that only one model complied with the European cyber security standard. At the same time, the other nine posed various cyber security concerns, including the transmission of videos and data without encryption and failure to defend…
Home Surveillance Cameras Pose Privacy Risks, Data Leakage by Hacking
Tesco to Phase Out Chinese Surveillance Cameras Over Security and Human Rights Concerns
March 19, 2023
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Britain’s biggest supermarket Tesco has said it will ditch Chinese-made surveillance cameras from its stores, heeding warnings from human rights groups that they pose serious security and ethical risks. Tesco revealed the decision in response to an appeal from campaign groups Big Brother Watch, Hong Kong Watch, Stop Uyghur Genocide, and Free Tibet urging the…
Tesco to Phase Out Chinese Surveillance Cameras Over Security, Human Rights Concerns
March 19, 2023
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Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket, plans to ditch Chinese-made surveillance cameras from its stores, heeding warnings from human rights groups that they pose serious security and ethical risks. Tesco revealed the decision in response to an appeal from campaign groups Big Brother Watch, Hong Kong Watch, Stop Uyghur Genocide, and Free Tibet urging the retail chain…
China Has Become a Big Prison, Residents Under Surveillance by Property Managers
A homeowner in China’s Chengdu City found himself under constant surveillance by his property management company, which made him extremely uncomfortable. More and more people have realized that privacy is a luxury in communist China, where citizens have almost no civil rights. Jimu, a news outlet in Hubei Province, recently exposed two incidents that occurred…
Dubai to Introduce Visa Applications Via Facial Recognition
October 12, 2022
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Dubai is preparing to allow its residents to apply for government documents like visas directly from their smartphones through the use of facial recognition technology. The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) is working fast to ensure it launches the service as soon as possible, Fatima Salem Al Mazroui, director of the project…
More Than Half of World’s Surveillance Cameras Located in China
Chinese cities are under the heaviest CCTV surveillance in the world, according to a report by British cybersecurity firm Comparitech. Comparitech came to their findings after analyzing CCTV use in 150 of the world’s most densely populated cities. The report—published mid-July—cited a previous forecast by British information service provider IHS Markit. In 2019, IHS Markit…
London Is Now the Most Surveilled City in the Western World
Commentary London is a city synonymous with so many things: bad weather, great music, mediocre food, a colorful prime minister, Buckingham Palace, and cameras. Yes, cameras. More specifically, surveillance cameras supplied by companies with close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Of course, one cannot discuss surveillance without discussing Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher…
Chinese Surveillance Cameras Used in 60 Percent of UK Public Bodies: Report
February 8, 2022
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China-made surveillance cameras dominate the British market, with over 60 percent of public bodies in the country currently using cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, a new report (pdf) has revealed. Through more than 4,500 Freedom of Information requests to government departments, police forces, universities, schools, and hospitals in the UK, civil liberties…
Chinese Restaurant Branch in Taiwan Denies Sending Surveillance Footage to China
A popular Chinese restaurant chain in Taiwan is denying it’s sending surveillance footage of its customers to China, coming after a Vancouver branch admitted it sent surveillance footage of its customers to China. The Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant in Taiwan, in an April 22 statement on Facebook, admitted it recorded footage of their customers, but…
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