Australia to remove Chinese surveillance cameras amid security fears

BBC ^ | 02/08/2023 | Tiffanie Turnbull

[BenLurkin]

Australia will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras from defence sites over national security fears.

It comes after an audit found 900 pieces of surveillance equipment built by companies Hikvision and Dahua on government estates.

The audit of Australian government sites found the cameras and security gear were located on more than 200 buildings, in almost every department - including the foreign affairs and attorney general's departments.

At least one unit was also found in the defence department, but the total number at defence sites is unknown.

Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles on Thursday said the government would find and remove the cameras from any defence locations to make them "completely secure".

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said the government will review whether the cameras on other government buildings need to be removed as well.

Shadow Minister for Cyber Security James Paterson, who requested the audit, says they do.

[toddausauras]

Hmm. Color me skeptical. The woke west doesn’t even hold China accountable for covid.

[granite]

Great, all our cameras are made in China too. Xiden got a deal on them.

[minnesota_bound]

Imagine having state resources to crack any login so you can see the video feed or even to add software into a chip on the video camera itself that by passes any log on.
Below are cameras open to the world unknown for the most part by their owners.

Live cameras from around the world.
http://www.insecam.org/cam/bycountry/US/

[Mark17]

How about closing all the Chinese police stations? I think they are in quite a few countries.

[eeriegeno]

How many electronic devices (laptops, cells,tablets) that were made in China have their camera lens covered?

[trebb]

How can you tell that China owns you?

When you catch them spying and don’t do anything to punish them for it.