Last May, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memo warning that Chinese drones are possible security risks, ripe for the “potential use for terrorism, mass casualty incidents, interference with air traffic, as well as corporate espionage and invasions of privacy.”
After introducing new legislation against buying Chinese-made technology in 2019, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., warned about potential data risks. “The Communist Party of China now has in their law the availability to interfere and take information from virtually every Chinese company,” Warner told NPR. “As long as that exists, that provides a whole set of vulnerabilities I think American business has to consider on a going-forward basis.”
Amid growing concerns, federal departments have banned the purchase and operation of DJI drones. The Army banned their purchase in 2017. The Interior Department temporarily retired non-emergency drones in January, and the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act banned the purchase and use of Chinese-made drones in the U.S. military.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/1...isa-on-chinese-built-police-drone-technology/
After introducing new legislation against buying Chinese-made technology in 2019, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., warned about potential data risks. “The Communist Party of China now has in their law the availability to interfere and take information from virtually every Chinese company,” Warner told NPR. “As long as that exists, that provides a whole set of vulnerabilities I think American business has to consider on a going-forward basis.”
Amid growing concerns, federal departments have banned the purchase and operation of DJI drones. The Army banned their purchase in 2017. The Interior Department temporarily retired non-emergency drones in January, and the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act banned the purchase and use of Chinese-made drones in the U.S. military.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/1...isa-on-chinese-built-police-drone-technology/