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Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Maryland police are using drones from a Chinese company that were banned in four states::One Maryland officer told a local news station that they have searched for other manufacturers of drones and none live up to the quality of DJI.

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[โ€“] AnUnusualRelic 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That doesn't appear to be a thing.

Their security seems to be a bit flaky though.

[โ€“] Dark_Arc 0 points 1 year ago

Here's the problem with these things... Even if it's not a thing right now, are you 100% certain it won't be a thing at some point in the future?

Electronics can very easily contain code, or outright hardware that changes after a set time or when given a signal.

It's the equivalent of having an agent of a foreign dictator and hostile power working as part of your police force. You don't know when it's going to turn, maybe it'll never move against you, but it's loyalties are elsewhere.