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Violating FAA rules with software hacks
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<blockquote data-quote="Earthman" data-source="post: 101386" data-attributes="member: 16717"><p>If the GPS receiver in your cell phone is off, I don’t think the cell network “triangulates” as much as knows what cell sites can receive your signal. All anyone could do is assume you are somewhere within the coverage footprint of those cell sites. So, it’s not a pinpoint location. If your cell phone is on, it checks in with the cell network every so often so “they” know where you are, I assume, within a few square miles.</p><p></p><p>I don’t know what part of a cell phone’s functionality Airplane Mode disables, but GPS receivers receive and don’t transmit, so I don’t know why Airplane Mode would need to disable the GPS receiver other than to conserve battery power on a long flight. I’ve never been interested enough in it to figure it out. In any case, if your DJI drone is using a GPS mode, then the DJI Go4 app probably logs where the drone is and how high it is above the takeoff point based on the Drone’s GPS. If the GPS in your phone is on, then I assume the Go4 app also logs the position of the cell phone/controller. So there’s plenty of data that can be used to track what you are doing,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Earthman, post: 101386, member: 16717"] If the GPS receiver in your cell phone is off, I don’t think the cell network “triangulates” as much as knows what cell sites can receive your signal. All anyone could do is assume you are somewhere within the coverage footprint of those cell sites. So, it’s not a pinpoint location. If your cell phone is on, it checks in with the cell network every so often so “they” know where you are, I assume, within a few square miles. I don’t know what part of a cell phone’s functionality Airplane Mode disables, but GPS receivers receive and don’t transmit, so I don’t know why Airplane Mode would need to disable the GPS receiver other than to conserve battery power on a long flight. I’ve never been interested enough in it to figure it out. In any case, if your DJI drone is using a GPS mode, then the DJI Go4 app probably logs where the drone is and how high it is above the takeoff point based on the Drone’s GPS. If the GPS in your phone is on, then I assume the Go4 app also logs the position of the cell phone/controller. So there’s plenty of data that can be used to track what you are doing, [/QUOTE]
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