Congress seems to be inching closer to banning DJI Drones

[BobaFut]

Someone I was speaking to about this topic, asked me: right now the drones are not transmitting any data, that has been proven without a doubt, but what's stopping them from putting out a firmware update and then have drones transmit data back to China like Congress is so afraid of? I don't want to sound like an anti droner but this sounds like a very valid point.

Transmit what data, exactly? I mean, a typical cell phone transmits much more sensitive personal data and no one (well, hardly anyone) bats an eye about that. And federal, state, and local employees are going to be much less careless about their phones and phones are much more ubiquitous. I just don't know what this "data" is that the Chinese are collecting from drones use by, say, the Ohio Department of Transportation or whatever that would be of any use to them (not even mentioning the amount of data to cull through). "Lots of potholes in Toledo, time to take Taiwan!" Give me a break.