Recently, British politicians called on the government to crack down on the use of surveillance equipment from two Chinese companies, Hikvision and Dahua, which are already blacklisted by Washington. Not only did ministers criticize the state-owned companies as national security and cybersecurity threats, but they also brought into question their human rights record. This story is not an outlier. From hard-coded admin passwords to “always-on” cloud features, cheap smart / connected devices with limited privacy … More
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