The big advantage is that if you lose the phone/tablet you fly with or update to a new device, your records aren't lost and transfer across to the new or replacement device.
It's not futile .. your data won't be seen by DJI unless you synch (upload to their server.
Likely not something of concern for most people, but many flight logs do contain thumbnail images snapped by the camera. So, if you were flying around a top secret location (government maybe?), DJI might be able to see classified images if they happened to stumble across your flight log for whatever reason.
Hadn't thought of that. Now, if I can only figure out how to do that. Not sure what directory they're kept in.
I guess you're thinking of images shot from high up in the sky? Yeah, they are probably similar if your drones happen to only snap those images when they are high up in the sky.
Public images downward from high in the sky will be very much different from horizontal close-up images of someone's private property or person.
As I noted above, many people might not care if their personal thumbnails are shared. And I know this is probably obvious (or maybe not to some?), but government agencies and other companies not allowed to share confidential information (like these snapshots) are flying consumer DJI drones.
If the ChiComs really want the most detailed photo survey or Clear Creek Canyon in northern Nevada ever made, they are welcome to it!
There are instructions on
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Not allowed to share doesn't mean they won't. The govt isn't allowed to do a lot of things but they do it anyway with no accountability. I don't trust ANYTHING about any govt any longer. What little confidence I had has gone long ago.
I'm not so sure we're talking about the same thing here. The fact that some companies/organizations/agencies don't want to share their flight data doesn't make them untrustworthy. They don't share it because they don't trust other people to manage their data.
Means exactly what you said and I replied to. "but government agencies and other companies not allowed to share confidential information..." The point I was trying to make is that DJI is a chinese company. Basic fact: I DO NOT TRUST ANYTHING CHINESE wrt privacy, data of any sort but especially personal data, no matter how insignificant it may be. The fact is that whether it is a company or the government and aren't SUPPOSED to share/use data, doesn't mean they won't without you knowing it. I'll step down off my soapbox. Just expressing my concern with my information uploaded to a chinese cloud.
