DJI blacklisted by the USA

https://petapixel.com/2020/12/18/dji...by-the-united-
states-added-to-economic-blacklist/

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Alfred Molon

Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
https://groups.io/g/myolympus
https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

On Dec 18, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in s.net):

https://petapixel.com/2020/12/18/dji...by-the-united-
states-added-to-economic-blacklist/

Oh well...

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 3:43:07 PM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
On Dec 18, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in ):

https://petapixel.com/2020/12/18/dji...by-the-united-
states-added-to-economic-blacklist/

Not too surprised .. IIRC, DJI was on the DoD banned list back in 2017.
IIRC, the security concern was that they were "phoning home" detailed terrain
mapping data - and supposedly at a level of detail that the drone itself doesn't
even need in order to fly.

If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites, just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.


-hh

On 2020-12-18 16:04, -hh wrote:
On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 3:43:07 PM UTC-5, Savageduck wrote:
On Dec 18, 2020, Alfred Molon wrote
(in ):

https://petapixel.com/2020/12/18/dji...by-the-united-
states-added-to-economic-blacklist/

Not too surprised .. IIRC, DJI was on the DoD banned list back in 2017.
IIRC, the security concern was that they were "phoning home" detailed terrain
mapping data - and supposedly at a level of detail that the drone itself doesn't
even need in order to fly.

The DOD wasn't worried about "detailed terrain mapping data" they were
worried about operational data from (mainly) the GPS/GLONASS receivers.
Such data could obviously compromise field operations.

The US' topo data is openly available in high resolution already. Don't
need no stinkin drones.


--
"...there are many humorous things in this world; among them the white
man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
-Samuel Clemens

In article 4d658037-95e7-4354-9ce9-
,
says...
If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites, just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?
--
Alfred Molon

Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
https://groups.io/g/myolympus
https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites,
just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of
doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?

don't tell anyone, but foreign operatives have hired duck to do exactly
that, now that he has so much free time on his hands...

On 18/12/2020 21:34, nospam wrote:
In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites,
just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of
doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?

don't tell anyone, but foreign operatives have hired duck to do exactly
that, now that he has so much free time on his hands...

Be careful what you say. He told us (TINU) that he still carries a gun! ;-)

On Dec 18, 2020 at 1:34:00 PM PST, "nospam" wrote:

In article , Alfred
Molon wrote:

If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites,
just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of
doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?

don't tell anyone, but foreign operatives have hired duck to do exactly
that, now that he has so much free time on his hands...

....and yet with the veto proof passage of the Defense Authorization Bill last
week there was no mention of Chinese drones, or drone technology.

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20201207/CRPT-116hrpt617.pdf

https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/12/house-overwhelmingly-passes-defense-bill-leave-benefits-setting-confrontation-trump/170634/

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/senate-passes-defense-authorization-bill-with-veto-proof-majority/OS6NBY5TZNFTTOMHON7JFXYEUE/
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Regards,
Savageduck

On Dec 18, 2020 at 1:17:40 PM PST, "Alfred Molon"
wrote:

In article 4d658037-95e7-4354-9ce9-
,
says...
If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites,
just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of
doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?

Oh! Do you mean like this threat to national security?

BTW: This time I am using iCloud Drive for sharing as SmugMug has a 3GB limit,
and this is a large 4K file.

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0JYjC1PkrKc9lyROBxNQfXY4A#MB-E2C

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Regards,
Savageduck

On Dec 18, 2020 at 3:30:31 PM PST, "Savageduck"
wrote:

On Dec 18, 2020 at 1:17:40 PM PST, "Alfred Molon"
wrote:

In article 4d658037-95e7-4354-9ce9-
,
says...
If true, instead of having to spend several $B in high end spy satellites,
just sell
a commercial product where its customers will pay you for the privilege of
doing
the work of mil-grade data collection for you.

Like the videos Savageduck is doing?

Oh! Do you mean like this threat to national security?

BTW: This time I am using iCloud Drive for sharing as SmugMug has a 3GB
limit,
and this is a large 4K file.

https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0JYjC1PkrKc9lyROBxNQfXY4A#MB-E2C

....and that of course is a snow free December day at Morro Bay in the Peoples
Republic of California.
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Regards,
Savageduck