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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.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm reminded of IBM's dealings with the Nazis.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Everyone’s reminder that the number tattoos were the victim’s immutable IBM database IDs!