from Hacker News

Amsterdam replacing Chinese CCTV and traffic cameras over spying, human rights

by TechTechTech on 6/10/24, 5:17 PM with 11 comments

  • by b3lvedere on 6/10/24, 5:52 PM

    So cameras that are used to spy on people are going to be replaced because someone might be spying along? :)
  • by oever on 6/10/24, 5:29 PM

    "The municipality is not going to immediately replace all Chinese cameras because of the high costs involved. Instead, the coalition government including the mayor and aldermen want to adopt new contract conditions including criteria regarding human rights when purchasing camera systems."
  • by beryilma on 6/10/24, 8:12 PM

    Isn't it possible to force these devices only call a fixed IP address? Same thing for phones: why are these devices allowed to call back arbitrary IP addresses without the owner's control?