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President Trump threatens to shut down TikTok. Will Chinese drone maker DJI be next?
Today, President Trump said that TikTok will be shut down in the U.S., if it hasn’t been bought by Microsoft or another company by September 15th. The president said, “It can’t be controlled for security reasons by China.” Will the…
CEO Henri Seydoux declares end of Parrot’s consumer drones and offers to show audited software
Parrot’s co-founder and CEO, Henri Seydouxdeclares the end of Parrot’s consumer drones in an interview that was published earlier this month in Le Parisien. In the same article, Seydoux also offers to show that Parrot’s audited software applications do stand…
DJI’s response to the security weakness reported in the NY Times
DJI released the following statement (see below) in response to the security weakness found in DJI drones mentioned in this article from the NY Times. We reached out to DJI to get some clarification on a specific part of their…
Security weakness found in DJI drones, according to the NY Times
This morning, the NY Times featured an article on their home page that is titled, “Popular Chinese-made drone is found to have security weakness. Of course, the article is specifically about DJI drones that are found to have data security…
DHS warns police that Chinese DJI drones are ‘at risk’ of data breach
Surveillance drones made by Chinese drone maker DJI are at risk of having their data intercepted, warns the Department of Homeland Security to U.S. police departments.
Drone News – Tue June 9, 2020
Here are today’s most important drone news articles. We publish this post every weekday at 5:30 p.m. Some of these stories are from DroneXL.co and some of them will be from other sources. If you’d like to receive this in an…
NetChoice webinar about drone data security – Register now!
On Thursday there will be a webinar hosted by NetChoice that will cover drone data security. Among other people, DJI’s vice president of policy and legal affairs, Brendan Schulman will be participating in this ‘Frank Conversation About Drone Data Security.’…
Booz Allen Hamilton finds no unauthorized data transfer from DJI drones
A study from Booz Allen Hamilton in partnership with PrecisionHawk concludes there has not been any unauthorized data transfer from DJI drones, that were previously used by the US government, to the Chinese drone maker or government. You can download…
DJI’s ‘Game of Drones’ culture threatens to break up the drone maker
Against a background of growing distrust of China in the United States, DJI is under significant pressure from the Federal Government that questions the company’s intentions and alleges that its drones spy for the Chinese government. The intensifying focus on…
DJI’s donations of drones to local agencies raise questions from lawmakers
DJI’s donations of 100 drones to local agencies as part of their recently launched US Disaster Relief Program, raises questions from lawmakers. DJI’s donations of drones raise questions from lawmakers One month ago, DJI committed 100 drones to 40 police,…
DJI’s Brendan Schulman talks about drones, DJI, China, data security in this must-listen podcast
In this podcast, Brendan Schulman, Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs at DJI, talks about drones, the history of DJI, China, data security, regulatory challenges, and a host of other issues. If you are active in the drone industry…