DJI , the world ’s turgid consumer dawdler manufacturer , has a problem . ISIS , the terrorist organisation , has been turning off - the - shelf dronesinto vaporize bomb and make up newspaper headline in the outgrowth . So what ’s DJI doing about this ? The companyvery quietly created no - fly ball zonesover big portion of Iraq and Syria .
Some aresuggestingthat the no - fly zones amount to DJI fighting back against ISIS and its murderous air hobbyist . That would be interesting ! After all , ISIShas reportedly createdan “ Unmanned Aircraft of the Mujahideen ” unit of measurement over the retiring twelvemonth or so to drop grenades and IEDs into crowds . The Washington Postreportedin February that extemporise drone bombs wipe out 39 Iraki soldiers in a single month . The new tactic has alsomade headlinesat The New York Times which reported on the trend last descent .
But will DJI ’s endeavour really block the terrorists ’ ad hoc poke military campaign ? Probably not . The no - fly ball zone only apply to DJI products which amount equipped with software that activate the company to draw geo - fences around certain parts of the world and foreclose their drones from flying inside of them . These zones include places like drome in the United States . In the United Kingdom , they also include prison and stadiums . DJI ’s no - fly zones are n’t on the button heavy . As the MIT Technology Reviewpoints out , some simple hacking will enable a DJI drone to take flight inside of a no - fly sheet zone . moreover , ISIS is known to use several different blade of drone , including fixed - annex aircraft and homemade twist .
It seems more likely that DJI is fighting a warfare against bad military press . At the very least , the no - fly zone will give the caller a good excuse to abnegate participation in any succeeding ISIS drone attacks . At best , the tactics will really discourage a few terrorist from strapping bombs to a Phantom 4 and sending it precipitately into a bunch . ISIS has a history of find terrible new fashion to stamp out people , though . A software update might slow their marching towards destruction slightly , but it surely wo n’t gain the war .
We ’ve reach out to DJI for more information about the raw no - fly sheet zones and will update this berth if we get word back .
Update 8:20pm – DJI send us the following statement :
DJI makes product purely for peaceful purposes , which is how the consuming legal age of pilots utilise them , and we lament any exercise of our drones to bring damage to anyone . Our geofencing arrangement is design to counsel pilots of airspace restrictions , and was never intended to apply laws or thwart masses who want to misuse our products . sure field full of life for aviation condom or national security measures are score as restrict in our geofencing organisation , and we are constantly adjusting those areas to answer for for temporary conditions that create exceptional restrictions , such as wildfire and major public events .
[ The Register ]
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