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Re:Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Off... by leggomylibro on Thursday November 30, 2017 @11:01PM (#15821812)
In a nutshell: DJI is primed to obey authorities. It's in their genes. They're happy to geofence your drone for the simple reason of, 'we were asked,' which means that it isn't your drone. Sure, it seems reasonable when they keep you from straying into an airfield, but just wait until they prevent you from filming the violent crackdown on a protest.

Although I do think that there's something to the idea of, 'if any country is going to have extremely personal data about me, it had may as well be a country that cannot easily and immediately imprison me without evidence or charge.'

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Re:Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Off... by Normal_gaussian on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:10AM (#15823360)
> 'if any country is going to have extremely personal data about me, it had may as well be a country that cannot easily and immediately imprison me without evidence or charge.

Don't forget parallel construction and planted evidence.

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Re:Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Off... by philtar on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:27AM (#15823421)
> 'if any country is going to have extremely personal data about me, it had may as well be a country that cannot easily and immediately imprison me without evidence or charge.'

I don't know if you're referring to the US or China

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Re:Drone Maker D.J.I. May Be Sending Data to China, U.S. Off... by kaffeemitsahne on Friday December 01, 2017 @07:55AM (#15823501)
I guess he's referring to "the country I don't currently reside in"
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