DJI adds "offline mode" to drone application for 'highly confidential work'

ByArbitragery

Drone maker DJI has found out that it is a policy to add a mode called "local data mode" when updating the application in the future.

DJI adds an offline mode to its drones for clients with 'sensitive operations' | TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/14/dji-adds-an-offline-mode-to-its-drones-for-clients-with-sensitive-operations/

This mode stops the application from exchanging data via the Internet. Brendan Schulman, DJI's chief of legal affairs department, said: "We are working to meet the needs of companies including private and private organizations that use confidential business using DJI products around the world I'm talking about this "creating local data mode" in the press release.

Although this announcement will be a sudden measure, it is said that there is "a vulnerability to cyber attack" over DJI, the US Army ordered all the soldiers to use the company's drone in August 2, 2017 It is the timing just after issuing with. This decision is based on the title "DJI UAS Technology Threat and User Vulnerabilities" published by the Army Research Laboratory on May 25, 2017 entitled "Threats and User Vulnerabilities of DJI Unmanned Flight System Technology"Confidential documentIt is regarded as not being unrelated to what is based on.

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According to the Army's notes on August 2 which sUAS news posted and then confirmed by Reuters, we canceled the use of the system with all the drones and DJI parts and software made by DJI, and all the applications of DJI I was instructed to install, remove the battery / recording media, and keep it until the next instruction.

It is not confirmed that the "vulnerability" shown there is confidential because it is a confidential document, but there are some problems when the application communicates data via the Internet, and confidentiality It is thought that there is a possibility that high data will be handed over to others. DJI expressed "surprise and disappointment" to the fact that the measure was suddenly decided without consulting with the company concerning this order.

About the "local data mode" this time DJI said "It has nothing to do with the Army's notice", and the addition of the new mode is "We had received requests from highly confidential enterprise customers from the past, Circular has backed up this concern, so we decided to announce this measure as soon as possible to answer the needs of enterprise customers. "

ByGTimofey

The main products of DJI are drone products for general and enterprises to the last, and there is no specialized military application. However, in fact, even inside the military, from this case that it can be said that activities using DJI drone are being carried out, I feel that the high performance is highlighted It is likely to be.