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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22985101\/dji-aeroscope-ukraine-russia-drone-tracking<\/a> Last week, Ukraine accused DJI \u2014 the world\u2019s leading drone maker \u2014 of letting Russia target innocent civilians with missiles using DJI drone technology. \u201cAre you sure you want to be a partner in these murders?\u201d tweeted Ukraine Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov<\/a> last Wednesday. \u201cBlock your products that are helping Russia to kill the Ukrainians!\u201d <\/p>\n Reading those words, you might imagine DJI is now shipping killer drones to Russia or perhaps that Russia is using DJI drones as spotters for separate missile systems of its own. But that\u2019s not even remotely<\/em> what Ukraine\u2019s request is about. It\u2019s actually about DJI AeroScope, a system for locating drones and their operators \u2014 which Russia is now allegedly using to find Ukrainian drone pilots and wipe them out. <\/p>\n DJI AeroScope was originally designed for public safety: if a rogue DJI drone gets near an airport runway, a stadium full of people, or, say, a political rally, law enforcement can warn people and find those drones. As part of the AeroScope system, every DJI drone broadcasts an encrypted signal that specialized receivers can use to decipher the drone\u2019s position and the position of its pilot. If police need to monitor DJI drone activity in an area and track down their pilots, it\u2019s as simple as planting a receiver and monitoring the signals.<\/p>\n In 21 days of the war, russian troops has already killed 100 Ukrainian children. they are using DJI products in order to navigate their missile. @DJIGlobal<\/a> are you sure you want to be a partner in these murders? Block your products that are helping russia to kill the Ukrainians! pic.twitter.com\/4HJcTXFxoY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 16, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Even in peacetime, that idea might sound a little bit risky: what if a bad actor gets access to an AeroScope receiver and goes around harassing, assaulting, or stealing from people whose eyes legally have to be glued to their drones<\/a> in the sky? That\u2019s why DJI says they\u2019re only sold to valid law enforcement and security agencies. <\/p>\n But DJI didn\u2019t plan for what might happen when a valid buyer pairs them with a guided missile battery in wartime. Now that Ukrainian civilians and their consumer-grade drones have been enlisted to defend against the Russian army<\/a>, a deadly and possibly unforeseen consequence of Aeroscope may have emerged. If Aeroscope lets the Russian military know exactly where a Ukrainian drone pilot is standing, Russians could use that information to target an aerial strike at the pilot.<\/p>\n Importantly, we haven\u2019t found any confirmed reports that\u2019s actually happening, even if that\u2019s the story that\u2019s spreading around parts of the internet (often paired with footage of this drone pilot seemingly surviving a near miss<\/a>). But DJI has confirmed that some of Ukraine\u2019s AeroScope receivers weren\u2019t working properly, and Fedorov is now asking DJI to block Russia\u2019s DJI gear. <\/p>\n That\u2019s likely a non-starter because DJI is a Chinese company, and China is broadly aligned with Russia, not Ukraine \u2014 to the point that US officials now believe China might actually provide Russia with assistance<\/a> instead of staying neutral. DJI is reportedly funded by the Chinese government<\/a> and has been repeatedly sanctioned by the United States; most recently<\/a>, the US Treasury named it one of eight \u201cNon-SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Companies,\u201d and the USA has repeatedly accused it of helping China surveil its Uyghur population with drones. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s everything we know about AeroScope, after chatting with DJI spokesperson Adam Lisberg; drone forensics expert David Kovar<\/a>; Brandon Lugo, director of operations at Aerial Armor<\/a>, a prominent Aeroscope dealer in the US; and Taras Troiak, a DJI reseller who ran multiple authorized DJI stores in Ukraine<\/a> and serves as administrator of the 15,000-strong Ukrainian UAV Owners Fan Club<\/a>, which claims that some of its pilots have been targeted by Russian airstrikes and even killed.<\/p>\n There are two main elements to the AeroScope system:<\/p>\n DJI primarily sells two different types of receivers: a short-range football of a \u201cPortable Unit\u201d with its own clamshell case, screen, antennas and batteries, and a long-range \u201cStationary Unit\u201d that\u2019s designed to jack into a giant omnidirectional outdoor antenna and needs to connect to a server via an Ethernet cable or cellular modem. <\/p>\n
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