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Chinese-made drones may be sending sensitive flight data to China
- siffland 7y agoThey say there is the ability to opt out, i wish the US Government would pass a bill that everything is opt out by default (for the US of course). This is not just for this article but for all data gathering devices/software in general. I found with helping non tech friends that most things they buy rely on them not knowing or understanding the "send back to the mothership" option. Just like my firewall, first statement DENY ALL.
- yumraj 7y agoYou also need to consider that there is difference between a a check box saying opt out and that check box actually opting you out.
- andrewstuart 7y agoAlso the checkbox carefully worded to make opting out a double negative so that you think you're opting out when in fact you're opting in.
- ngcc_hk 7y agoThis is a 5g huawei play or a Lenovo play not sure. But the phrase about totalitarian country taken over data (and should have said can remote control your devices ) is something. Wonder what area china is in the lead - moon landing, human gene research on real human, ...
- m463 7y agoI bought a DJI mavic and it is disabled from the getgo. You have to run their app and register even to fly it non-autonomously with the sticks. A little searching online and found the dji go app is a cesspool - connecting to maybe 20 different sites with all kinds of flight details. Sent back without registration.