Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex...
by sbierwagen on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:15AM
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I read that, thought "no way", but sure enough, straight from the FAA page on drone remote ID https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/remote_id/
>From takeoff to shutdown, drone broadcasts:
>Drone ID
>Drone location and altitude
>Drone velocity
>Control station location and elevation
>Time mark
>Emergency status
Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex...
by rasz on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:38AM
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Is there really GPS radio in the transmitter, or are they using drone takeoff location? or GPS coordinates supplied by the phone used for video feed?
DJI drones use external GPS modules (separate pcb + ribbon connection), it would be trivial to make modchips spoofing current coordinates by offsetting them by some fixed vector.
Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex...
by sbierwagen on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @01:52AM
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The DJI transmitter is a joystick module that doesn't have a screen. You plug in a smartphone and install the DJI app to see what the drone sees. If they're being smart, they would be comparing GPS location from the phone against the GPS chip in the drone to see if you're doing anything funny.
Can't say I'd be a fan of using that in a warzone, although I believe they can be hacked to not do that.