PatR
Premium Pilot
There are security risks with disks too. But if high security ops require disk-only upgrades, I imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to offer such a mod - leaving the other 99% of us with OTA.
Yuneec already meets the disc only update method through use of an SD card. They need only to terminate the OTA option for compliance.
Yes, security can be breeched using discs but to to that requires someone to intercept a disc, corrupt an update disc, or to download data to a disc for turn over to an unauthorized recipient. All of those are covered under espionage laws.
Yuneec’s SD card system is not perfect as updates are downloaded from the net by users so there is an avenue present for code corruption but terminating the OTA option eliminates the possibility of a maker or others from extracting data or sending malicious code that could impact operations or obtain infrastructure information. It’s precisely why the military has grounded all COTS drones.