Thread by @IvanPentchoukov, 1/ Did you know that 90% of drones¹ used by state & [...]

1/ Did you know that 90% of drones¹ used by state & local public safety orgs in US are made by ONE Chinese firm?

DJI

The same DJI which DHS warned² is "collecting sensitive intelligence" the CCP could use to attack the US.

¹ https://dronecenter.bard.edu/projects/public-safety-drones-project/public-safety-drones-3rd-edition/

² https://info.publicintelligence.net/ICE-DJI-China.pdf

2/ You probably saw DJI in the news recently because the company loaned 100 drones to state and local public safety orgs in US to help battle the CCP virus pandemic.

Lawmakers who know about DJI are concerned.

Sen. Rick Scott: "This is crazy!" https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1251588905348075520?s=20

https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1251588905348075520?s=20

3/ According to Bloomberg, DJI's founder, Frank Wang, built a system for the Chinese communist regime which could trace any drone to its owner's cellphone.

DJI is now be selling a system, CloudScope, which does more or less the same thing. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-26/dji-s-drone-supremacy-comes-at-a-price

DJI Won the Drone Wars, and Now It’s Paying the Price

China’s flashiest global brand has a 77% share of America’s consumer drone sales. It also has to deal with coronavirus, the trade war, a $150 million fraud scandal, and skeptics in the U.S. and...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-03-26/dji-s-drone-supremacy-comes-at-a-price

You don't really need classified intel to show that DJI drones send data to servers China. The company's privacy policy openly said so. Every consumer drone will send data to DJI's servers unless a user manually disables the "feature."

Lawmakers Concerned With Chinese Drone Maker’s Overtures to US Law Enforcement Amid Pandemic https://www.theepochtimes.com/lawmakers-concerned-with-chinese-drone-makers-overtures-to-us-law-enforcement-amid-pandemic_3323080.html

Lawmakers Concerned With Chinese Drone Maker’s Overtures to US Law Enforcement Amid Pandemic

Lawmakers and experts are alarmed by the recent loan of Chinese-made drones to police and fire departments across ...

https://www.theepochtimes.com/lawmakers-concerned-with-chinese-drone-makers-overtures-to-us-law-enforcement-amid-pandemic_3323080.html

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