"Passed in late 2024, it requires DJI to clear a national security review or face an automatic ban by the end of 2025. No review has yet been scheduled, and the legislation does not specify which agency should carry it out."
Wtf? is there any evidence dji is uploading videos to china without user consent?
“Restricting DJI is a justified and necessary action to protect U.S. security interests,” Guest said, confirming that no agency has been tasked to conduct a review."
Bender · 5h ago
Wait until they find out about all the Chinese made action cameras that not only require a cell phone but require all the permissions. Some of those gather just as much data as the drones and drone apps. Banning them would be much more difficult as they have dozens of shell stores on Amazon with different company names and different product names but the hardware is made by the same people. When they get too many 1-star reviews they just make a new front. The phone app continues gathering data even when the camera is not in use.
I am curious if that is the same risk governments are concerned with regarding DJI the phone apps. That would be a great means to track the movement habits of government officers, congress critters and soldiers. They can make their own people install management agents but there would be no control over phones belonging to spouses and children. IIRC there was an issue in the past regarding children's toys leaking information to foreign actors.
coldtea · 4h ago
>Wait until they find out about all the Chinese made action cameras that not only require a cell phone but require all the permissions.
Which are those? Because I do fine with both DJI and Insta360 without "all the permissions" (and can use them without a cell phone too).
Bender · 2h ago
Because I do fine with both DJI and Insta360 without "all the permissions" (and can use them without a cell phone too).
Insta360 is one of the rebranding fronts as is Akaso and a handful of others that have come and gone. To activate either camera on the current firmware and current app requires pairing to a phone and to pair requires giving the app all permissions. There is currently no other way to activate the camera. Even if that were not the case in the past most people will happily install their 700+MB application and leave it running. I have no doubt they would have pointed me to some old or custom software but I will stick with electronics that are fully functional without ever even mentioning a cell phone.
The DJI app is not even in the app store. It was pulled and the only way to install it is to side load. If you are seeing something in the app store that says DJI it's not a legit app from DJI.
Wtf? is there any evidence dji is uploading videos to china without user consent?
“Restricting DJI is a justified and necessary action to protect U.S. security interests,” Guest said, confirming that no agency has been tasked to conduct a review."
I am curious if that is the same risk governments are concerned with regarding DJI the phone apps. That would be a great means to track the movement habits of government officers, congress critters and soldiers. They can make their own people install management agents but there would be no control over phones belonging to spouses and children. IIRC there was an issue in the past regarding children's toys leaking information to foreign actors.
Which are those? Because I do fine with both DJI and Insta360 without "all the permissions" (and can use them without a cell phone too).
Insta360 is one of the rebranding fronts as is Akaso and a handful of others that have come and gone. To activate either camera on the current firmware and current app requires pairing to a phone and to pair requires giving the app all permissions. There is currently no other way to activate the camera. Even if that were not the case in the past most people will happily install their 700+MB application and leave it running. I have no doubt they would have pointed me to some old or custom software but I will stick with electronics that are fully functional without ever even mentioning a cell phone.
The DJI app is not even in the app store. It was pulled and the only way to install it is to side load. If you are seeing something in the app store that says DJI it's not a legit app from DJI.