Cameras Linked to Chinese Government Stir Alarm in U.K. Parliament

guest · Apr 9, 2019

Cameras Linked to Chinese Government Stir Alarm in U.K. Parliament
April 9, 2019
https://theintercept.com/2019/04/09/hikvision-cameras-uk-parliament/

Hikvision [...] Through a network of corporate partners, the Hangzhou-based security firm has supplied its surveillance cameras for use on the British parliamentary estate, as well as to police, hospitals, schools [...]
Some of the company’s cameras record audio and are connected to the internet, meaning that they can be monitored from anywhere in the world.

In January, the cameras were scheduled to be installed inside London’s Portcullis House [...] an office building in Westminster used by more than 200 members of Parliament and 400 of their staff to carry out their daily work, which routinely involves discussion of confidential national security, economic, and foreign policy issues.

West told The Intercept that someone who was “concerned that this was happening” tipped him off about a contract that would equip the building with Hikvision surveillance equipment.
“Are we sure we are happy with Chinese CCTV in members of Parliament’s offices, listening to what they say to their constituents, listening to what ministers say, filming the documents on their desks?”
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The British government has expressed concerns about the Chinese government’s involvement in the country’s critical infrastructure.

More evidence is needed to prove that Hikvision is implicated in Chinese government espionage, Lee added. “Regardless, it is unacceptable that a company which has been instrumental in human rights abuses is providing equipment to publicly owned U.K. agencies,” she said.
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deBoetie · Apr 11, 2019

I'm very sorry - i think this is the least of the problems of UK's parliament.

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