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Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex... by brokenmachine on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:12AM (#30915218)
I read a comment somewhere that these DJI drones send out the location of both the drone and the operator.

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.

Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex... by sbierwagen on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @12:15AM (#30915237)
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 (#30915349)
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 (#30915701)
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.
Re:DJI is blocking operations of Ukrainian AeroScope complex... by rasz on Tuesday April 05, 2022 @03:10AM (#30916145)
Spoofing on the phone side should be even simpler (Mock Location App).