Comment by euroderf
11 days ago
I would like to see a requirement that any drone sold in (or imported to) the US (or EU) has to be flashable - without having to desolder components, or any other such nonsense. Press some buttons and load new software.
An accompanying requirement would be to document interfaces to hardware subsystems (chip spec sheets would suffice).
With drones, the potential for mischief is too great to let malware be smuggled in.
Is this a politically and technically realistic goal ? Or am I talkin' thru my hat ?
Impossible, especially for drones, because it would allow people to trivially flash firmware to drones which can bypass restrictions like no-fly zones and reporting requirements which allow the FAA or other LE to answer questions like "who was flying a drone playing chicken with a low-flying Cessna"
Err, while it takes a little more technical know-how and some electronics experience, this already exists and is still extremely easy to do..
https://betaflight.com/
or
https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav
or
https://ardupilot.org/
among others
I hope they don't start asking questions about where the px4s are made!
I figured geofencing might be a dealbreaker.