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I know nothing about DJI beyond what's in your comment, but the fact that there is a transponder on the drone doesn't imply that DJI knows where it is.
by jstanley 5y ago
I know nothing about DJI beyond what's in your comment, but the fact that there is a transponder on the drone doesn't imply that DJI knows where it is.
- novok 5y agoTo use DJI drones you have to internet activate them AFAIK. If we are going to have restrictive apple-style activation locks for hardware, at least give us the fucking anti-theft benefits of it too.
- simonebrunozzi 5y agoYou are wrong. DJI has the ability to read transponder data whenever they want. It's actually built this way to allow law enforcement to get access to drone info and location if needed.
- jstanley 5y agoHow does that work then? The transponder is transmitting at such high power that DJI can read it from anywhere on the planet? Or is there something else other than the transponder?
- simonebrunozzi 5y agoPSRs identify the transponder when the drone flies close enough to them. DJI should implement a black list of transponder IDs so that owners of stolen drones could easily identify the latest flying location. But DJI doesn't, because it doesn't care.
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- nickphx 5y agoYou do realize the drone needs to be powered on and 'armed'/flying while tethered to their software that's running on an internet connected device for any location data to be available? I wouldn't expect DJI to provide any kind of sensitive information about a drone's location to me simply because I sent a request through customer service.. If anything you would need a court order to compel any kind of information.