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    Ken Heron claims RID is cancelled - For Now...

    This is 2023. I’m not aware of anyone who’s universally 'respected.’
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    This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now

    The issue here, for me, isn't just someone tracking me down, etc. It's dji's overall lack of honesty and transparency, and lack of trustworthhiness, going on for years. As for your point, I only fly my quad in near complete secrecy. I don't stand in the open holding the controller.
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    This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now

    I've only updated my Mavic firmware once, and I regretted it. I don't install dji updates. I simply don't trust the company.
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    This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now

    Yes, folks knew about Aeroscope, but no one was told that the data stream was unencrypted.
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    This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now

    I’m sure you’re aware of the new RemoteID laws meant, as you say, to keep drones ‘subject to visibility at all times.’ There is currently no such requirement, as RemoteID kicks in later this year. Even so, the AIr Force just shot down a balloon and three ’objects unknown’ that certainly weren’t...
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    This Hacker Tool Can Pinpoint a DJI Drone Operator’s Exact Location Every DJI quadcopter broadcasts its operator’s position via radio—unencrypted. Now

    My question is why dji drones made since 2019 need a separate remoteID module if they are already equipted with this?
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    INGENUITY Rotor Copter on Mars

    That Mars drone has to be over 400 feet high. Visual line of sight flying is for everyone‘s safety, even little green men. The FAA should come down hard on these NASA guys.
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    Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

    Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy ‘The FAA’s decision to have drones broadcast their location might let observers track your movements, figuring out where you go, where you live, and where and when you receive packages, among other examples...
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    Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed

    'In the September incidents, a swarm of five or six large drones flew over the Unit 3 nuclear reactor at Palo Verde in Arizona for about eighty minutes, a length of time which suggested they were carrying out a thorough survey of the site. The documents released at the time referred to a similar...
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    Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery Hundreds of pages of documents provide consistent details

    That was my thought: some commercial enterprise that’s practicing precision drone displays.
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    Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery Hundreds of pages of documents provide consistent details

    Newly Released FAA Documents Give Unprecedented Look Into Colorado Drone Swarm Mystery ‘Some of the communications received by veteran Special Agent Michael Bumberger of the FAA's Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP), situated within the Office of Security and Hazardous Materials Safety...
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    Ok, so who gives their drones names?

    Magic 2 Pro: Seymour
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    FAA Drone ID Proposal- Round Two

    New FAA drone rule is a giant middle finger to aviation hobbyists
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    Formatting sd card

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