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"Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

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5 pointsbundie13 comments

The level of data collection described in the article (I didn’t spot much detail, only that it’s more than is immediately obvious) is:

A. completely expected from Chinese software B. Seemingly on par with the likes of any US big-tech firm

Overall, I would say “ho-hum” who would have expected US officials to call for a ban on DeepSeek app??

I think it's the fear of what the CCP would do with your data being more on the malice end of the spectrum vs. incompetence. Big USA tech is usually a thorn in the government's side when it comes to surveillance, where big China tech is essentially (more precisely, lawfully) complicit.

At the end of the day, China tech is obligated to comply with Chinese law the same way that Facebook and Google (...) are subject to share eu citizen data if asked by the us government. I don't think Chinese companies are happy if they have to spend more to implement infrastructure to retrieve and share similar data

I also don't think big tech USA cares much about people's privacy, as shown by WhatsApp saving unencrypted backups on drive https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/w2rba2/the_workings...

I see that Snowden spectacle was all for nothing.

That would be incompetence: US big tech failed to protect data against government spying, I also placed it towards one end of a spectrum. One government also kills (Tiananmen Square) vs engaging in chemical/"non-lethal" against their citizens.

One government kills

The other one, kills too

Man the hit pieces keep coming. Trying to convince everyday Americans to distrust a different country and unequivocally trust their own. This kind of propaganda won’t last forever.

Propaganda is timeless because it keeps working. You can see it working right here in the comments.

Why not distrust both.

Sounds like what every major US website does too...

Everyone saying that US and Chinese companies both do this therefore it's the same probably think that a lumberjack and a serial killer who both happen to be standing in front of them wielding an axe are threats of equal merit.

You are vastly more likely to be murdered by the US unless you're rich and white.

Is this disturbing? This is the state every eu citizen potentially live in, due to the cloud act

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