DeepSeek coding has the capability to transfer users' data directly to the Chinese government: Report
- DeepSeek's chatbot, the most downloaded app in the U.S., has code that may send user login information to China Mobile, a state-owned company barred from operating in the U.S. Due to security concerns.
- The U.S. Federal Communications Commission denied China Mobile authority to operate in the U.S. In 2019, citing substantial national security concerns about links between the company and the Chinese state.
- Feroot Security discovered code linking DeepSeek to China Mobile, suggesting that some user data may be captured during login, although no data transfer was observed in testing.
- Cybersecurity experts confirmed that DeepSeek's login system is connected to China Mobile, raising concerns about potential data privacy violations.
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DeepSeek has the ability to send data to the Chinese government: US report
[Houston - Hanabusa Ryosuke] ABC TV in the US has reported that a generative AI (artificial intelligence) developed by Chinese startup DeepSeek has the ability to send user data to the Chinese government. This is likely to further heighten US vigilance against DeepSeek. When experts analyzed DeepSeek's programming code, they found that it has the ability to send user data to a server under the influence of the Chinese government.
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