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Despite assurances for years that Hikvision has stopped minority analytics, just 7 months ago local PRC authorities awarded a $6 million contract that explicitly requires Hikvision analytics to identify Uyghurs (维族), powered by NVIDIA hardware, security specialist IPVM says.
- kitonthenet ( @kitonthenet@kbin.social ) 42•1 year ago
Ah cool I’ll be adding “minority analytics” to my list of fun euphemisms for nightmarish realities
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 29•1 year ago
I’m reminded of IBM’s dealings with the Nazis.
- kitonthenet ( @kitonthenet@kbin.social ) 21•1 year ago
Everyone’s reminder that the number tattoos were the victim’s immutable IBM database IDs!
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 15•1 year ago
Horrible ethics. Excellent database query optimization.
- aperson ( @aperson@beehaw.org ) 8•1 year ago
Well, I did have a drink, but now it’s everywhere.
- Heresy_generator ( @Heresy_generator@kbin.social ) 16•1 year ago
It’s a stretch to blame NVIDIA for someone buying their hardware off of a shelf and using it for something shitty. It’d be like blaming Sony if it was found that child abuse rings prefer to use their cameras.
- argv_minus_one ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 22•1 year ago
That was pretty much IBM’s excuse, if I recall correctly. Then it turned out IBM execs were well aware of who was buying their equipment and for what purpose…
- Scrubbles ( @scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ) English1•1 year ago
Yeah this really is an on Nvidia, it’s like someone buying a TV and then watching torture or something on it.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 12•1 year ago
You have got to be kidding me. The company’s name is Hick Vision??
- stealth_cookies ( @stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ) 7•1 year ago
Yes, It is typically pronounced “hike-vision” though.
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 3•1 year ago
Because some marketing person realized it was a really bad idea to call a company Hick Vision, but it was too late to stop the founders from doing so?
- i_am_not_a_robot ( @i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de ) English7•1 year ago
It’s a Chinese name for a Chinese company.
- stealth_cookies ( @stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ) 6•1 year ago
Just an English transliteration of part of their Chinese name “hǎi kāng wēi shì”
- dan ( @dan@upvote.au ) 5•1 year ago
I’m surprised you hadn’t heard of them before. They’re the largest security camera manufacturer in the world, rebranded under a bunch of different brand names. It’s likely you walk past many of their security cameras every day. The majority of security cameras are either Hikvision or Dahua.
- smileyhead ( @smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ) 7•1 year ago
A reason why you should never give Internet access to those shitty cameras.
- Bravefart ( @Bravefart@beehaw.org ) 6•1 year ago
Now if HikVision was only to show all the proud racists where their ancestors are really from…