[cba123]

A Wall Street Journal article in November highlighted the prevalence in the U.S. of devices made by Hikvision, the world’s largest maker of surveillance cameras, which is 42% owned by the Chinese government. The Journal reported that some security-system vendors in the U.S. refuse to carry Hikvision cameras or place restrictions on their purchase, concerned they could be used by Beijing to spy on Americans.

[cba123]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/army-rips-out-chinese-made-surveillance-cameras-overlooking-u-s-base-1515753001

(link to full article)

[Trump.Deplorable]

All that stuff is made in China

Hikvision makes a ton of other brands as well.

This is all nanny scare tactic BS

No evidence as of yet that Beijing or anyone is spying on anybody through Hikvision or other China made gear

[lgjhn23]

“SMILE....you’re on Chinese camera!!!!

[WayneS]

I hope they did not actually “rip” them out, because that can damage surrounding structures/areas, and that would waste additional taxpayer dollars.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Electronics, human food, baby food, pet food, drywall, cheap plastic crap at Walmart, the Chinese cheapen and adulterate EVERYTHING. There is NOTHING we need from Red China that we cannot produce ourselves.

For security and health reasons alone the western world should be moving away from Chinese imports.

[exDemMom]

This is a little surprising.

A few years ago, I was researching various microscopes to buy. I was told not to even bother inquiring about a Chinese microscope; I would not be authorized to purchase it.

I ended up selecting a Zeiss microscope. It was beautiful. Cells appeared like tiny pillows under the microscope (usually, cells look flat).

[pgkdan]

Brilliant. Just brilliant. I still can’t decide if this country has been run for the last 8 years by traitors or idiots. Oh yeah! That’s right! They’re both!

[captain_dave]

If the security cameras are not connected to the internet and are not wireless, then there is no security risk.

If the cameras are connected to the internet, then they can possibly be hacked into, and it doesn't matter where the cameras were made.

[HLPhat]

Cameras?

How many chips on the devices folks are reading this with were hechod en China?

“All you base class are belong to us, ha ha ha”

[Doogle]

...anyone know when they were purchased and installed?..

[Black Agnes]

Churches need to buy them & hang them in the sanctuary. If they’re gonna spy on something, at least let them spy on something ‘forbidden’.

[bgill]

If they’re hard wired, they aren’t sending any Wi-Fi to China. IOW, some big military honcho wants to award his brother in law a surveillance camera contract. Any bets the new ones or the components will be made in China? Big waste of tax payers’ dollars.

[Sequoyah101]

It often comes to my mind that the sailing vessels the chinese used were called Junks for a reason?

Most stuff made in china, and that seems to include almost all stuff made period, is mostly all JUNK.

I’m doubtful that suspicion of the chiccoms is paranoia.

it is time to fight back.

On another topic, many places in the world are indeed shithole countries. If the inhabitants thereof can’t take care of their own country any better than they do why should we allow them here?

[Sirius Lee]

I just assumed that anything with a chip in it from China had an Easter Egg built in. Weird that the military didn’t.

[Mastador1]

Remember the days when only American made was allowed in government facilities?