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> DJI drones broadcast their location and other information over RF for anyone nearby to receive. This is true, it's in an unencrypted beacon. > To be clear,
by jhugo 4y ago
> DJI drones broadcast their location and other information over RF for anyone nearby to receive.
This is true, it's in an unencrypted beacon.
> To be clear, the data never goes to DJI themselves.
Is this true? If I fly my Spark with my phone connected, the phone sends a pretty constant stream of stuff to somewhere on the Internet. It's encrypted, so I don't know what it is, but I assumed it would include telemetry of drone parameters that could include location.
Of course, if you're in a war zone, consider just not connecting your phone... the drone flies fine with no possible connection to the Internet.
- flemhans 4y agoEspecially if you modded the drone (range extension hack, height limit hack), you anyway don't connect it to the phone as it may reverse the hacks. The DJI FPV has a range of 5+ km with the range extension hack, which ignores local regulations and boosts sending power.