<story><title>Illegal drones ground water-dropping helicopters in Maria fire battle</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-01/maria-fire-drone-hinders-firefighting-efforts-as-blaze-doubles-in-size-overnight</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bsamuels</author><text>I hope DJI responds with a firmware update preventing flight in temporary no-fly zones. Right now they respect static no fly zones, but when temporary ones get put up you can still fly inside them.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a real shame that large ready-to-fly drones aren&amp;#x27;t required by law to prevent arming in no-fly zones. About half of the DJI pilots I know actively prevent their firmware from being upgraded to the one that will respect static no-fly zones.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>reaperducer</author><text>The sort of arrogant self-absorbed people who would fly a drone over a wildfire are the same sort of arrogant self-absorbed people who would flash their drone with hacked firmware to bypass any restrictions.&lt;p&gt;Rules are for other people.</text></comment>
<story><title>Illegal drones ground water-dropping helicopters in Maria fire battle</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-01/maria-fire-drone-hinders-firefighting-efforts-as-blaze-doubles-in-size-overnight</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bsamuels</author><text>I hope DJI responds with a firmware update preventing flight in temporary no-fly zones. Right now they respect static no fly zones, but when temporary ones get put up you can still fly inside them.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a real shame that large ready-to-fly drones aren&amp;#x27;t required by law to prevent arming in no-fly zones. About half of the DJI pilots I know actively prevent their firmware from being upgraded to the one that will respect static no-fly zones.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>georgeburdell</author><text>Why bother pushing this onto hardware makers?  Just authorize authorities to shoot the things down.</text></comment>