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@schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House

www.theverge.com

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DJI will no longer stop drones from flying over airports, wildfires, and the White House

www.theverge.com

@schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago
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DJI claims the decision “aligns” with the FAA’s rules.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/52638736

  • @Etterra@discuss.online
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    This will last exactly as long as it takes somebody to fly a drone into the side of the White House. Not any kind of special drone, just some idiot trying to get a cool shot for their YouTube channel.

    • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      14•5 months ago

      We might get a video of the white house’s defence systems shooting it down instead.

      • @potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
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        • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
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          9•5 months ago

          If said work was more than a year ago then it is significantly outdated.

          Watch perun’s videos covering drone warfare in Ukraine it gives a good overview of what has been tried and its effective.

          The us government absolutely can shoot down a couple hundred dollar drone its just a matter of if they need to use a half a million dollar intercepted to do it.

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            • 🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖
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              Ahh I’m sorry for doubting you.

              I was under the impression argument for the drones not being impeded in Ukraine was an economic one.

              Civdiv on yt has some very interesting content on the subject.

        • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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          4•5 months ago

          Automated #4 Turkey Turrets with AI tracking.

          • @potatopotato@sh.itjust.works
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            2•5 months ago

            Only if you unnecessarily include a ChatGPT voice assistant

            • @NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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              Unidentified Drone - identify yourself or we will shoot you down with feathers!

              /operator/ feathers? Dammit, is there even a drone there or is that also a hallucination.

            • @ubergeek@lemmy.today
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              1•5 months ago

              Hello friend…

              I see you…

              Acquiring target…

              Good night.

      • @Etterra@discuss.online
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        Okay that sounds cool and in my brain it’s like having the turrets and starcraft spin around to shoot stuff down, but in real life I know it’s just an EMF jamming field, if that much.

        • ivanafterall ☑️
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          1•5 months ago

          It’s a catapult of Trump steaks.

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          It would still need to be a turret with a focused beam as drone controls operate on the same frequency range as wifi and bluetooth so if you still want those to work in the building you can’t just fill the air with enough noise to block a drone. And if you want to stop one on auto-pilot you need to scramble GPS signals which would be a very bad idea when nearest airport just 3 miles away with one one the runways aligned directly with the White House. And even that’s all just assuming it’s actually using standard frequencies and not something custom.

          So while anti-drone systems don’t go BRRRT, they can still end up looking like something that could.

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