Yup, China plays by certain rules but then wants to use another set of rules when it suits them. And yes, Google/Facebook/MS/Apple/etc absolutely should be penalized for doing similar things, and to a certain extent they are, though obviously not enough. Hopefully the current lawsuits will change that, but it'll likely be years before any significant changes happen.

Quote from: Concerned Citizen on December 23, 2020, 23:54:12
@ZODD
I hope you support similar sanctions against Google, FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, and Microsoft.  All of these companies do all of this and much more.

The ban is also linked to DJI hardware being used for civilian surveillance in Xinjiang.

Quote from: Anonym on December 24, 2020, 17:54:40

Quote from: Concerned Citizen on December 23, 2020, 23:54:12
@ZODD
I hope you support similar sanctions against Google, FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, and Microsoft.  All of these companies do all of this and much more.

Most of them still can't do business inside China, and the ones that do are either a recent thing or had to significantly bow to local demands. That's the whole point dude: Chinese companies get to sell wherever they want, but the moment anyone gives them the same treatment as international companies in China chills like you cry "it's unfair" despite this being how China treats everyone else for decades.

Exactly. The Party likes to play the victim despite having screwed everybody else ten times over in the past couple decades.

"one of its Android apps that connect its products to an owner's smartphone contains an SDK "which collects the user's private information and transmits it to MobTech, a Chinese analytics company"

Dji response: We did nothing.


Lol.

Quote from: Concerned Citizen on December 23, 2020, 23:54:12
@ZODD
I hope you support similar sanctions against Google, FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, and Microsoft.  All of these companies do all of this and much more.

Most of them still can't do business inside China, and the ones that do are either a recent thing or had to significantly bow to local demands. That's the whole point dude: Chinese companies get to sell wherever they want, but the moment anyone gives them the same treatment as international companies in China chills like you cry "it's unfair" despite this being how China treats everyone else for decades.

@ZODD
I hope you support similar sanctions against Google, FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Apple, and Microsoft.  All of these companies do all of this and much more.

Good, any company that does this

" The security analyst groups GRIMM and Synaktiv have released reports with findings that one of its Android apps that connect its products to an owner's smartphone contains an SDK "which collects the user's private information and transmits it to MobTech, a Chinese analytics company".

Furthermore, the app in question has also been linked to "command-and-control"-esque behaviors (like those of some malware) so as to force updates. It may also collect sensitive information such as a user's phone's IMSI and IMEI numbers, which can then be sent (albeit not necessarily are sent) on to malicious or adversarial parties."