Is Ukraine relying on DJI drones for recon a security risk? (lemmy.fish)

submitted 2 months ago by potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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I know that Ukraine relies a lot on DJI drones, particularly for reconnaissance, and I am curious if this is a security risk. DJI is headquartered in China, and China and Russia have good relations, so is it possible that Russia makes a request to China that they brick Ukraine's drones, or backdoor them?

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[-] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

DJI drones are really closed, I doubt it's possible to completely escape this. You can put files on an sd card and flash them, but if those files are malicious too, the drone will not function. While I see your point about bricking drones being a one trick pony, it would severely impact Ukraine's surveillance capabilities if they lost most of their drones.