County prohibits use of DJI drones (for use by government agencies or for government contracts)

tca · Jul 9, 2022

What state and County are you in?

Wild Drone Pilot · Jul 9, 2022

umanbean said:
Rather broad statement. If you can show proof of that, we should all sell our DJI drones and all the other Chinese products that use software

Here in the USA we have tons of things listening to every word we say
Why? To sell you new stuff you don't need

This is Not a Secret check it out

Old News
Could we get back to drones now?

How about that m3 battery issue?
Did the last Firmware update fix that little issue?

umanbean · Jul 9, 2022

Wild Drone Pilot said:
Here in the USA we have tons of things listening to every word we say
Why? To sell you new stuff you don't need

This is Not a Secret check it out
Old News
Could we get back to drones now?

How about that m3 battery issue?
Did the last Firmware update fix that little issue?

No comment

umanbean · Jul 9, 2022

tca said:
What state and County are you in?

It's impossible to know to whom you are speaking.

Vic Moss · Jul 9, 2022

adamboettiger said:
It’s less of a “We hate China” issue and likely a perceived security issue because DJI received Chinese Govt investor dollars and thus could have access to data.

“

Drone company DJI obscured ties to Chinese state funding, documents show
The Chinese firm received funding from several state-backed investors, despite repeated claims that it hasn’t taken money from Beijing”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/01/china-funding-drones-dji-us-regulators/

There is no proof this happens. None. It's 100% political. The WashPo article is a hatchet job, likely planted by the staffer of some anti-China legislator.

There has been ZERO proof that this issue even exists.

And trust me, if there were proof, we'd all know it.

Washington D.C. leaks like screen windows on a submarine. If there was any proof, some legislator would have someone on his staff leak it "anonymously" to some friendly journalist (probably at WashPo). We'd all know exactly what the issue was.

There isn't one.

Vic Moss · Jul 9, 2022

Agustine said:
The government one does exactly that.

Government entities can get their DJI drones unlocked permanently. It's called Qualified Entities Program, or "QEP".

Lots of First Responder drones are unlocked via QEP.

I just wish they had it for qualified commercial pilots.

DoomMeister · Jul 9, 2022

Vic Moss said:
Yes. One company in particular is spending very large sums doing this. And it's not Boeing. It was the other American drone company Blue List sUAS that I had to use for my NPS project. I couldn't use my M3s for the shoot, even though I could have captured much better imagery for them.

To their credit, they sent me the drone for free, along with two of their staff to assist me during the two days of shooting. All at no cost.

Was that the follow me drone?

Vic Moss · Jul 9, 2022

DoomMeister said:
Was that the follow me drone?

Yes

shb · Jul 10, 2022

I fail to see how DJI drones are a threat to America. Almost all drones are made in China anyway. Guess if the US government doesn't trust Chinese drones they should start making their own. It's illegal to fly over sensitive military areas anyway.

sar104 · Jul 10, 2022

shb said:
Guess if the US government doesn't trust Chinese drones they should start making their own.

They do.

Vic Moss · Jul 10, 2022

sar104 said:
They do.

Which ones does the US Gov't make?

sar104 · Jul 10, 2022

Vic Moss said:
Which ones does the US Gov't make?

A number of agencies, including DoD, design and build custom UAVs for various applications.

Vic Moss · Jul 10, 2022

sar104 said:
A number of agencies, including DoD, design and build custom UAVs for various applications.

Interesting. I guess some customs and one offs are a good idea.

Davidgreenseeker · Jul 11, 2022

The problem has been police agencies using drones to search over homes and back yards. This is an illegal search. They drive by homes using infrared scanners to find drug labs. This also is an illegal search. These rules have come from police abuses and loosing cases.

Vic Moss · Jul 11, 2022

Davidgreenseeker said:
The problem has been police agencies using drones to search over homes and back yards. This is an illegal search. They drive by homes using infrared scanners to find drug labs. This also is an illegal search. These rules have come from police abuses and loosing cases.

This thread has nothing to do with the 4th Amendment. This is about a political ploy by some in Congress, and it's inevitable spill over into the states and private industry.

This thread is about the non-existent Chinese drone "threat".

Also, any evidence gathering requires a warrant, regardless of the method used to gather it.

Skyryder · Jul 18, 2022

Drones are low hanging fruit that politicians and Karens to pick on. No one stands up in that crowed to defend them really. But when the police want to monitor a protest from overhead or Karen wants a dronie of her house from the Realtor, suddenly they become useful tools. But once that is done, it's back to calling them creepy.

DJ_E11Evan · Jul 18, 2022

Phantomrain.org said:
They : Meaning the Sheriff Dept made some of his own Decisions maybe

There was talk of security issues , but much more so for the Government Drones if I recall.

Phantomrain.org
Gear to fly in the Rain. Land on the Water

Correct

Repaid1 · Jul 19, 2022

Skyryder said:
Drones are low hanging fruit that politicians and Karens to pick on. No one stands up in that crowed to defend them really. But when the police want to monitor a protest from overhead or Karen wants a dronie of her house from the Realtor, suddenly they become useful tools. But once that is done, it's back to calling them creepy.

Vic Moss does

, this was addressed before all this got to heavy years ago, the (At least) American flying community was informed it was going to play out like this and get involved back then...a very small percentage did what your suppose to do as a American citizen and contact those who you appointed in the political muck. So do as Vic suggested and contact your legislators now and voice your "informed" concern.