UK bans Hikvision cams

[ljw2k]

Hikvision ban: UK government blocks Chinese CCTV cameras

Hikvision CCTV cameras are used by up to 60% of UK public bodies including schools. Now ministers are banning them on security grounds.

techmonitor.ai

 

[sebastiantombs]

And none of our esteemed Governments, on either side of the pond, seem to have heard of firewalling the camera systems. Typical government waste and bloviating that results in nothing constructive.

 

[john-ipvm]

This ban is broader than Hikvision as it encompasses PRC companies generally such as Dahua and Uniview.

 

[VorlonFrog]

I suppose those PRC cameras rebranded by US corporations are going to be exempt (and MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE) then?

 

[john-ipvm]

I suppose those PRC cameras rebranded by US corporations are going to be exempt (and MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE) then?

Generally bans include rebranded / relabelled products. Given this is the UK, US companies relabelling PRC products are less commonly used. Also the bigger US companies who relabelled like Honeywell and Stanley have stopped in the last few years.