Drones Take Center Stage in U.S.-China War on Data Harvesting


As US officials continue to bear down on drone maker DJI over concerns on data safety, users wanting value-for-money options argue the need for strong competition and affordable products in the category. — AFP

In video reviews of the latest drone models to his 80,000 YouTube subscribers, Indiana college student Carson Miller doesn’t seem like an unwitting tool of Chinese spies.

Yet that’s how the US is increasingly viewing him and thousands of other Americans who purchase drones built by Shenzhen-based SZ DJI Technology Co., the world’s top producer of unmanned aerial vehicles.

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