Tag: DJI
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Security gap in blue-light vehicles: Locations of Rosenbauer technology accessible on the Internet
The German hacker collective “Zerforschung” was able to locate around 4300 vehicles of fire departments, police and military worldwide. The group does not reveal whether police water cannons are among them. Customers of the Austrian Rosenbauer Group can call up geodata with precise coordinates of their commercial vehicles via a “live location” function. This data […]
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German federal state to train hundreds of police drone pilots
North Rhine-Westphalia is a nationwide pioneer in aerial surveillance The police in North Rhine-Westphalia want to qualify hundreds more officers as drone pilots. In January, the State Office for Training, Further Education and Personnel Affairs is advertising two more positions for full-time trainers for this purpose. Currently, there are about 200 police “remote pilots” for […]
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Artificial intelligence for border surveillance: Greece tests autonomous drone swarms
Despite repeatedly documented human rights abuses, the EU is funding new technology to monitor its external border with Turkey. No European state is as suspected as Greece of violating human rights and international law in its control of the EU’s external borders. Greek border troops use force to drag refugees back into the strait with […]
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Vertical take-off: German military buys modernised reconnaissance drones
After more than a decade, the Bundeswehr is replacing its 145 quadrocopters with a revised model. It comes from the same company, is foldable and can mark targets. The overall system in the backpack weighs 15 kilograms. The Armed Forces’ branches can look forward to145 new quadrocopters for “imaging reconnaissance.” The order was placed via […]