I am curious if that is the same risk governments are concerned with regarding DJI the phone apps. That would be a great means to track the movement habits of government officers, congress critters and soldiers. They can make their own people install management agents but there would be no control over phones belonging to spouses and children. IIRC there was an issue in the past regarding children's toys leaking information to foreign actors.
Which are those? Because I do fine with both DJI and Insta360 without "all the permissions" (and can use them without a cell phone too).
Insta360 is one of the rebranding fronts as is Akaso and a handful of others that have come and gone. To activate either camera on the current firmware and current app requires pairing to a phone and to pair requires giving the app all permissions. There is currently no other way to activate the camera. Even if that were not the case in the past most people will happily install their 700+MB application and leave it running. I have no doubt they would have pointed me to some old or custom software but I will stick with electronics that are fully functional without ever even mentioning a cell phone.
The DJI app is not even in the app store. It was pulled and the only way to install it is to side load. If you are seeing something in the app store that says DJI it's not a legit app from DJI.
Maybe both of the complains above are an Android thing? I certainly didn't have to sideload anything on iOS, and the official DJI app is on the app store just fine.
(As for the app, I did activate, but never gave 'full permissions')
internetter•8mo ago
Wtf? is there any evidence dji is uploading videos to china without user consent?
“Restricting DJI is a justified and necessary action to protect U.S. security interests,” Guest said, confirming that no agency has been tasked to conduct a review."