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  • I think i read Japan does this to CCTVs sold in China

    Public Security Intelligence Agency (公安調査庁) apparently is sitting on a massive amount of data from China which imported their tech

    by zuzululu
  • What's the purpose of this? Opening a way to make the cameras going rogue and starting to fine everybody in a particular period of time to create massive discontent, administration chaos, and unrest? maybe just before an election? Aren't this cameras connected with some government computers?
    by pvaldes
  • Imagine somebody being able to track almost anyone using road side cameras. Good thing such things happen only in eastern Europe wink wink
    by tomas789
  • It seems like a silly mess. But its easier than it sounds to end up in such a situation. We're are a lot of HN Kagi users that just have to trust that the Yandex collaboration is fully watertight.
    by tokai
  • "Кордон.Про" product page on the simicon site

    https://simicon.ru/rus/product/gun/cordon_pro.html

    by sorokod
  • > the cameras expose live streams to anyone without a password and who knows their broadcasting IP.

    Are these cameras in use in Russia? Can people outside of Russia look in at Russian traffic in this way?

    by Animats
  • Over 100 comments, zero mentions that government funds should be spent on devices with auditable open-source firmware. Anyone here? No? Then I'm the first one to say this.

    SecureBoot is a funny one. It should be signed with the deployer's keys (Slovak), not the manufacturer's. Trusted boot probably wasn't a consideration here, really.

    Ironically, a custom firmware can now be used thanks to the lack of a digital lock... if you still trust the hardware.

    PS: Props to NBU for doing their job.

    by PinkSheep
  • So they bought the cameras and some people pointed out they look exactly the same as Russian cameras. The government denied this but after they figured out the serial numbers matched the Russian cameras they started this investigation.

    Good they investigated this before using them, but this sounds like a big fu...

    by bdhdhduuyd

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