I think most people aware of Hikvision at this point understand the lack of privacy and security. This seems to take it up to a new level though with their software being used to distribute hacked material obtained by bad actors. Marked as NSFW purely due to the sensitive subject matter of the article.

  • @SinningStromgald
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    271 year ago

    Hope all of them get caught ASAP! Completely disgusting!

    • @ShefOP
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      101 year ago

      Fortunately, IPVM (research group that made the discovery) is cooperating with the FBI. Unfortunately, a lot of this may depend on cooperation from Hikvision and the Chinese government. It seems Hikvision’s initial response is to discredit IPVM rather than comply with an investigation. There has been a longstanding feud between IPVM and Hikvision because of multiple reports about their security vulnerabilities among other things. I’m worried this may lead them to be even more defensive and less helpful than usual.

  • @[email protected]
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    211 year ago

    Why the fuck are people comfortable putting cloud based cameras in their homes? There is literally no positive tradeoff for that security risk and the loss of privacy.

    • @A_Random_Idiot
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      1 year ago

      Convenience matters more to people that security or common sense.

      Same reason the most common passwords are still password and 1234

        • @A_Random_Idiot
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          141 year ago

          Oh please, They are not nearly smart enough to recognize how stupid they are.

          Unlike me.

    • @ShefOP
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      101 year ago

      I work in the field of live video surveillance for commercial customers (why I came across this) and I have no idea why someone would put up any sort of cloud solution where privacy was a concern. Every time an article comes out in regard to these cloud solutions it’s about massive security flaws or from the people managing the cloud solution itself abusing access. Also in general cloud cameras are becoming Hostage As A Service where the cameras are nearly useless without paying subscriptions to these services. In general I would warn people against cloud solutions unless there happened to be a very specific instance where the tradeoff was worth it. None of those situations come to mind though.

    • @Raptor_007
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      71 year ago

      I’m with you on that. Working in IT, I was surprised that my boss has a camera positioned over his toddler’s crib and other cameras throughout the house that he was accessing while we were on a team happy hour. Not at all worth the risk.

  • Zima
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    51 year ago

    if they are capturing crimes shouldn’t the police follow up to arrest the people in the videos?

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      Title is borked - what was on sale were credentials to remotely view home cameras in which child nudity may occasionally be involved, and still pictures of the same. There is no mention of abuse nor deliberate exploitation of children. It’s still completely fucked up, illegal, and a massive privacy breach, though.

      • Zima
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        21 year ago

        Thanks. makes sense.

        the claim was so fucked up that I did not want to look at the article.

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    It wouldn’t let me relpy to Zima for some reason.

    Due to the international nature of the crimes it’s going to depend on a lot of countries working together. In this case the company that would need to comply the most is closely affiliated with the Chinese government. So closely affiliated that the government technology holding group actually owns 40% of the company. This makes cooperation unfavorable for China as they will have to admit faults with a product they own. It appears it will be more financially advantageous for them to deny allegations and cover up the problem.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikvision#Ownership

    HIK Group, 中电海康集团有限公司), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Electronics Technology Group, which has a 39.59% stake.[3]: 82  China Electronics Technology Group is a state-run enterprise owned and supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.