Drone king DJI has serious Pentagon problems

[Nexus0105]

Not sure if this has been posted before.
Drone King DJI Has a Serious Pentagon Problem

"Walter Stockwell, DJI’s director of technical standards, says the code Finisterre flagged was only used to quietly add minor fixes to drone software that shipped with bugs"

Really?

 

[Meta4]

Not sure if this has been posted before.
Really?

Really? I'd say that's probably true.
The story has been around for a month: US Army calls for ban on DJI equipment over security concerns
The Army is very sensitive about what they use - much more than civilian users and they decided that DJI software might be vulnerable to cyber security issues.
The usual players that are always eager to play up anything vaguely negative about DJI made a big song and dance about it but it shouldn't have any implications for regular users.
The army had only bought about 300 Phantoms and Mavics (because they were a cost-effective solution for their needs) so they aren't an important customer for DJI.

 

[Nexus0105]

Personally, I don't care, but the Army probably have valid concerns as DJI can "quietly add minor fixes". I understand DJI's argument for this, but I think the approach is a bit ham fisted.
After all, we are talking about the military.

 

[anotherlab]

Also, the Army has already modified their position. See the "US Army relaxes DJI ban slightly" post.