from Hacker News

DJI drones are everywhere. The U.S. may still ban them

by ilamont on 5/22/25, 4:11 PM with 8 comments

• by coldtea on 5/22/25, 5:09 PM

  If you can't compete, ban them

• by internetter on 5/22/25, 4:32 PM

  "Passed in late 2024, it requires DJI to clear a national security review or face an automatic ban by the end of 2025. No review has yet been scheduled, and the legislation does not specify which agency should carry it out."

  Wtf? is there any evidence dji is uploading videos to china without user consent?

  “Restricting DJI is a justified and necessary action to protect U.S. security interests,” Guest said, confirming that no agency has been tasked to conduct a review."

• by Bender on 5/22/25, 4:34 PM

  Wait until they find out about all the Chinese made action cameras that not only require a cell phone but require all the permissions. Some of those gather just as much data as the drones and drone apps. Banning them would be much more difficult as they have dozens of shell stores on Amazon with different company names and different product names but the hardware is made by the same people. When they get too many 1-star reviews they just make a new front. The phone app continues gathering data even when the camera is not in use.

  I am curious if that is the same risk governments are concerned with regarding DJI the phone apps. That would be a great means to track the movement habits of government officers, congress critters and soldiers. They can make their own people install management agents but there would be no control over phones belonging to spouses and children. IIRC there was an issue in the past regarding children's toys leaking information to foreign actors.