Recent content by Chip

The gain would depend on how dependent the people are on the drone to conduct their daily business whether it be law enforcement, fire department, search and rescue, crop, rail, power, and utility inspections, etc. The more dependent they are on a particular drone, the more disruption, damage...

You made no mistake. Do not feel bad. You were looking for some reasonable conversation. But anything to do with Skydio is a hot button topic. In some minds, this company that spent $500,000 on lobbying bribed the entire US Congress, Department of Defense, and many others in a massive criminal...

DJI vs. Skydio SOURCE: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/lobbyists?cycle=2025&id=D000069779&year=2024

Look at the big picture: Xi Jinping says Taiwan 'must and will be' reunited with China Over 60% of the world's total semiconductors are manufactured in Taiwan. The production of the most advanced chips (those under 10 nanometers) is even more concentrated, with Taiwan holding over 90% of the...

Maybe it depends what you call a security assessment. The thread started with this article: https://www.suasnews.com/2025/11/dji-security-assessment-an-analysis-of-vulnerabilities-data-practices-and-operational-security/ You said to me: I tried to explain to you why there may be security...

Again the issue is depending on a foreign competitor or adversary to supply you with resources. Whether its oil, gas, microchips, rare earth metals, uranium ore, technologies, drones, or any number of other products, goods or services. My reference to "pharmaceuticals" may have been confusing...

The risk I am talking about is not loss of data. It is about depending on a competitor to supply you with important resources, services, technologies, or products. Whether its oil, gas, uranium, pharmaceuticals, microchips, drones or anything else.

I refreshed my memory. DJI had a bug bounty program in 2017. Kevin Finisterre hacked into DJI and requested bounty. DJI said you hacked us without permission. DJI offered $30,000 to settle but only if Kevin signed a Non Disclosure Agreement. He said no. The same month this article came out, the...

My flight data and your flight data probably have no value. But embedding thousands and thousands of drones into America's law enforcement, fire, search and rescue, agriculture, utilities, power line inspections, etc. could create a serious vulnerability and has huge potential value. Especially...

Any cute names for Biden?

Yes that sums it up.

This article is very interesting. I believe Robi Sen started Department 13 and developed counter drone technology with Kevin Finisterre several years ago. DJI used to have a bounty program for hackers--anyone who could prove that DJI drones were insecure or leaked information were promised...

You know how Mossad infiltrated supply chains and implanted explosive devices into cell phones and walkie talkies? It took years to plan and execute but it decapitated and terrorized their adversary with a phone call. Now there are kill switches and then there are kill switches.

They do actually. China has a big problem with Tesla cars because they think Teslas can phone home and transmit data. They cannot be freely owned or operated by just anyone anywhere in China. They are banned from certain cities and districts especially when the party is in town. Tesla Cars Were...

It could be worse. Just think if thousands of those coaches were already embedded throughout your country's military, law enforcement, fire, search and rescue, etc. I wonder who would have the authority to hit the kill switch and what that would do in time of war or crisis?