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Konrad Iturbe
@konraditurbe.dev

SCOOP: The drone giant DJI was able to successfully get FCC certification for a drone made in China using a shell company and by lying to the government, claiming their drone was made in a Texas recycling facility. I found out in June. The FCC sent an Order to Show Cause thanks to my research.

The Verge@theverge.com

Whack-a-drone

buff.lyHere’s how easy it is to sneak a drone past the FCCWe visited a fake company that fooled the feds with obviously banned tech.

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Konrad Iturbe
@konraditurbe.dev

Get them now. Skyrover X1 is great I hear. And get the Skyrover RC so you don't depend on an app that will inevitably stop working or get delisted from apple store.

Konrad Iturbe
@konraditurbe.dev

Oh I love my DJI drones and cams, it's a shame they're beholden to communist despots. The DJI ban doesn't make a lick of sense though, for various reasons.

Darwin Brandis
@darwinbrandis.com

I recently shot a video in Panama for a massive YouTuber and all of the new DJI products were available to purchase in the airport, so we absolutely loaded up.

Konrad Iturbe
@konraditurbe.dev

Be very careful in the future, the CBP is seizing DJI shipments due to their (alleged) use of slave labor manufacturing facilities in China. As well as supporting the CCP regime's surveillance system against the muslim minority in the country.

AJ Adejare
@kirielson.bsky.social

I’m of two mines, a one hand I wanna say you should’ve not snitched. On the other hand. This is absolutely necessary and it’s good to demonstrate how the FCC is completely out of their pocket.

Konrad Iturbe
@konraditurbe.dev

Yeah I have mixed feelings about continuing the research, but lets be honest here, as soon as this Galiview/Odyssey Robot/Skyrover V1 drone hits the market, users would've found out and asked questions. This is a move doomed to fail. Even youtubers say "this is basically a dji drone".