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Somebody's watching me

Postby sidd finch » Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:52 am

According to a report from the New York Times, cybersecurity has determined there is a vulnerability in an app that controls most DJI drones.

Researchers released two reports claiming an app on Google’s Android operating system made by China-based DJI collects large amounts of personal information that could be exploited by the Beijing government. This news is huge, considering hundreds of thousands of people across the work use DJI’s app to pilot their drones.

US government officials have been warning us about the Chinese government potentially exploiting weaknesses in tech products to force companies there to give up information about American users. Chinese companies must comply with any government request to turn over data, according to American officials. DJI is a China-based company. So, this means the company would have to hand over whatever information they have to the Chinese government.

The drone vulnerability, said American officials, is the kind of security hole that worries Washington.

https://www.videomaker.com/news/dji-dro ... -weakness/

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Re: Somebody's watching me

Postby Steve Grisetti » Sat Aug 01, 2020 6:03 pm

Nearly every piece of electronics I've bought in the past year or so has been made in China -- including the new Android stereo I just installed in my car! I am a walking security leak.
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Postby sidd finch » Tue Aug 04, 2020 11:50 am

Agreed. I guess the expectation of privacy was not consistent with the reality of these apps and devices. What makes the DJI stuff cause for concern is that they have cameras that are airborne. Potentially a lot more nefarious. But I think to have to monitor thousands of drones would take some serious algorithms I doubt DJI has. But hey who doesn't like a compelling conspiracy story.

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