US Considers Potential Rules To Restrict or Bar Chinese Drones (reuters.com)
(Thursday January 02, 2025 @11:42AM (msmash)
from the escalating-tension dept.)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/01/02/1642245/us-considers-potential-rules-to-restrict-or-bar-chinese-drones
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considers-potential-rules-restrict-or-bar-chinese-drones-2025-01-02/
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it is considering new rules that would [1]impose restrictions on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the United States citing national security concerns. From a report:
> The department said it was seeking public comments by March 4 on potential rules to safeguard the supply chain for drones, saying threats from China and Russia "may offer our adversaries the ability to remotely access and manipulate these devices, exposing sensitive U.S. data."
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> China accounts for the vast majority of U.S. commercial drone sales. In September, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the department could impose restrictions similar to those that would effectively ban Chinese vehicles from the United States and the focus will be on drones with Chinese and Russian equipment, chips and software. She told Reuters in November she hopes to finalize the rules on Chinese vehicles by Jan. 20. A decision to write new rules restricting or banning Chinese drones will be made by the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who takes over on Jan. 20.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considers-potential-rules-restrict-or-bar-chinese-drones-2025-01-02/
> The department said it was seeking public comments by March 4 on potential rules to safeguard the supply chain for drones, saying threats from China and Russia "may offer our adversaries the ability to remotely access and manipulate these devices, exposing sensitive U.S. data."
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> China accounts for the vast majority of U.S. commercial drone sales. In September, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the department could impose restrictions similar to those that would effectively ban Chinese vehicles from the United States and the focus will be on drones with Chinese and Russian equipment, chips and software. She told Reuters in November she hopes to finalize the rules on Chinese vehicles by Jan. 20. A decision to write new rules restricting or banning Chinese drones will be made by the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, who takes over on Jan. 20.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considers-potential-rules-restrict-or-bar-chinese-drones-2025-01-02/
I have two DJI drones (Score:1)
One is a spreading wings S1000+ we use for areal alignment of point to point links, the other is a Mavic 2 Pro. Neither have WiFi connections. They connect to a remote controller than plugs into your phone. How are they meant to get online to exfiltrate anything? The App/Phone does it all.