All these commercial drones are using standard open Wi-Fi for video telemetry and control and communication, we can pick up an approaching drone that might be a threat, the model number, its altitude and approach speed.

Scott Schober

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This is the kind of technology used for mobile payment with smartphones, and it involves bringing the two devices very close, in this case typically within a couple of centimeters. If anyone had any nefarious motives, they probably picked the wrong technology.