I think most people aware of Hikvision at this point understand the lack of privacy and security. This seems to take it up to a new level though with their software being used to distribute hacked material obtained by bad actors. Marked as NSFW purely due to the sensitive subject matter of the article.
Convenience matters more to people that security or common sense.
Same reason the most common passwords are still password and 1234
Username suggests you’re speaking for the lot. lol
Oh please, They are not nearly smart enough to recognize how stupid they are.
Unlike me.