I’m simply going go away this right here (ed)
Superb work from Konrad_ Iturbe_, Andreas Makris, Jon (jcase) Sawyer and naturally, Kevin Finisterre
How Chinese language is a drone made by a Chinese language firm, operating software program developed in China, with chips made in China, with firmware updates hosted on a server managed by a Chinese language firm, with Chinese language IP, an with a distant controller which makes use of a cellular software developed by stated Chinese language firm (with heavy anti reverse engineering obfuscation supplied by a distinct… you guessed it… Chinese language firm!)
DJI is the world’s largest drone producer with greater than 70% of market share worldwide, per some stories.
In 2017 the Division of Protection, and different US authorities companies banned use of DJI drones, two years later the Division of Inside adopted swimsuit.
It’s simple DJI drones pose a risk to armed forces worldwide not solely attributable to the truth that the corporate is headquartered in China, topic to Chinese language legal guidelines (such because the notorious safety regulation that might drive DJI to “report back to and cooperate with PRC authorities, and so they should help with state-directed intelligence and counterintelligence efforts.”) but additionally because of the carelessness displayed by their growth staff, whereby the information of all of their customers was obtainable to obtain by completely anybody who knew the place to look, attributable to an uncovered Amazon AWS S3 bucket. Satirically, it was the PLA that really ended up with their DJI pics on-line….
DJI may very well be banned within the US by proscribing their use of the electromagnetic spectrum, regulated by the FCC. As of 2025, it’s a risk that DJI results in the Coated Listing, identical to ZTE and Huawei.
DJI is already listed as a Chinese language Army Firm by the DoD.
So what did DJI do within the face of a attainable ban?
Created shell corporations. A lot of them.
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