Pentagon Puts DJI on Blacklist
They are absolutely right to do this, and private users should be wary as well.<p>DJI's application (Mimo) has been banned from the Android Play Store for some time, with no explanation given by DJI. They offer an APK to side load, which is completely unsupervised, and requires access to your phone's accurate location and other invasive permissions no matter which of their products you are using.<p>This is an important detail. Your phone location <i>might</i> be helpful when using drones (though GPS should be on the drone, not your phone) but there is absolutely no reason to use it for something like a phone stabilizer, which it absolutely requires and will not let you continue unless you turn it on.<p>I did not reverse engineer their application but I will be surprised if there isn't a copious amount of data being sent to the back office.<p>You might not care as an individual, but then maybe ten years from now you will visit China, and they might know about you more than you're comfortable sharing.<p>As a side note, Aljazeera is comically ridiculous: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/HnbLy4O" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/a/HnbLy4O</a>