text: In reply to message62018: No surprise. China has been spying on commercial and residential comms for decades. It wasnt until Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act in 2018 banning CCP controlled equipment made by Hikvision, Dahua and Huawei. The ban included all telecom gear including video surveillance equipment and services. FYI, Hikvision is the largest surveillance camera equipment manufacturer in the world, and relabels their products under more than 45 other brand names. Dahua also relabels their surveillance equipment under other many names. One of the dangers is that Hikvision products for example have factory passwords on their firmware that users cant change. These cameras can easily be hacked and viewed by nearly anyone with an internet connection. China has been pitching a fit about the ban, and got more upset when Biden signed the Secure Equipment Act in 2021 mandating the FCC block new equipment authorizations from Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, Hytera and ZTE, due to national security. That bill was HR 3919.