Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones

Re:Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones by tristanj on Friday May 13, 2022 @10:59PM (#31374726)

Here is a video showing a DJI drone operator in Ukraine being struck by artillery seconds after landing a drone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZXzMUxfR6c

According to this article [0], DJI drones broadcast the following data in real-time:

– Model of drone,

– position and height,

– the story of flight,

– home point (off point),

– the position of the pilot (with GPS included in the mobile device connected to the remote).

Russia has reportedly installed DJI Aeroscope monitoring stations that can detect these signals from 30-40 miles away.

[0] https://dronexl.co/2022/03/16/risk-of-flying-a-dji-drone-in-...

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Re:Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones by ed25519FUUU on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:07PM (#31374762)

I think this is simply coincidence or this guy was spotted when he first flew off.

Russian artillery simply isn’t that accurate or that fast.

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Re:Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones by kevin_thibedeau on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:42PM (#31374894)

I guess the easiest mitigation is an app that sends a false location of the pilot. Ideally near the target so they have a chance to receive some friendly fire.

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Re:Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones by bb88 on Saturday May 14, 2022 @01:53AM (#31375418)

I don't think that would be too hard to do, either given an SDR or reverse engineering the firmware to give some other loctation.

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Re:Ask HN: DJI possibly providing location of Ukranian drones by ncmncm on Saturday May 14, 2022 @02:28AM (#31375552)

I saw a short video where they are carefully running the drone way out in a field before turning it on, and running away after.

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