News Chinese-made DeepSeek AI model collects extensive user data — stores it on China-based servers

[Admin]

From personal information to hardware specifications to even how you type, DeepSeek says it’s collecting swathes of data from its online users.

Chinese-made DeepSeek AI model collects extensive user data — stores it on China-based servers : Read more

 

[EzzyB]

the company records extensive data from its online users, including keystrokes, passwords, and data entered in queries like images and text, and then stores it in China-based servers.

SHOCKING! SHOCKING I SAY! 😱

Seriously, is anyone at all surprised by this?

 

[hotaru251]

90% of people have no info that any gov would care about & that data is already collected (by private companies & their own govs) all time via multiple sources.

if you are "that" paranoid just run it in a sandbox or on a dummy device thats only used for junk stuff (thus they never get anything of value)

 

[Notton]

You know what? At this point, I don't care.
altman/elon/zucker/gates have a long history of harvesting and selling off user data.
Do you really think they also don't harvest all your data when using their ai models?

At least DeepSeek is open about the data they collect, and it's open source. Where as grok/openai/copilot/facebook is a big Questionmark. Who knows what they collect about you.

If you really care about privacy, EU's GDPR is a good starting point.

 

[Gaidax]

I would definitely not use it for anything work-related, as a software engineer.

I have no illusions about Western AI chatbots and tools, but China is a whole next level low as far as accountability and morals go.

 

[Dementoss]

Seriously, is anyone at all surprised by this?

They shouldn't be, it's as surprising as night following day...

 

[ederbond]

SHOCKING! SHOCKING I SAY! 😱

Seriously, is anyone at all surprised by this?

Nothing different from what Google, MSFT, Apple, Facebook and X has been doing since forever. So what's the point?

 

[pug_s]

Nothing different from what Google, MSFT, Apple, Facebook and X has been doing since forever. So what's the point?

Believe it or not, unlike the US, China has a data privacy law (PIPL) . So your data will be housed in some Chinese server and not sold to some 3rd party.

 

[USAFRet]

Believe it or not, unlike the US, China has a data privacy law (PIPL) . So your data will be housed in some Chinese server and not sold to some 3rd party.

And then used however the govt directs them to.

 

[WhteTrash]

Would trust more China than the US at this point.

 

[DalaiLamar]

I would definitely not use it for anything work-related, as a software engineer.

I have no illusions about Western AI chatbots and tools, but China is a whole next level low as far as accountability and morals go.

 

[Gaidax]

Cool meme, but ultimately - if OpenAI or Google and so on get caught red-handed - there are far more consequences and accountability for them as opposed to a Chinese company operating in China you can't even really sue, let alone hold to account.

 

[Notton]

there are far more consequences and accountability

that was somewhat true in the past, but oh how things have been deregulated by the tech bros.

 

[Gaidax]

that was somewhat true in the past, but oh how things have been deregulated by the tech bros.

That is still FAR more consequences than you'd get from a generic Chinese company you can't even sue.

 

[USAFRet]

Just a notice...this is bordering on a bit too political.

 

[Notton]

That is still FAR more consequences than you'd get from a generic Chinese company you can't even sue.

I looked into it, and the only time Meta/Amazon etc. face consequences for data privacy breaches is when they break GDPR in EU.
So maybe give examples to backup your claim.

 

[Gaidax]

I looked into it, and the only time Meta/Amazon etc. face consequences for data privacy breaches is when they break GDPR in EU.
So maybe give examples to backup your claim.

Remind me, how much Meta settled for US lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica improper data handling? I'll spare you the trouble - $725 million dollars.

Let's explore Google for a sec, settled for about half a billion USD over GPS tracking users that opted out in the US.

Even Amazon had a small lawsuit for $40m regarding data privacy in the US.

Are my claims backed up?

 

[ezst036]

You know what? At this point, I don't care.
altman/elon/zucker/gates have a long history of harvesting and selling off user data.
Do you really think they also don't harvest all your data when using their ai models?

The defeatist attitude contained in this is terribly rank.

Not all is lost on the "data harvesting(data theft)/selling user data" front in the computing world, so its unnecessary to proclaim oh woe is me and throw up a "they're all the same" front. The ones who do not do data theft haven't done anything to deserve this broad brush.

 

[RodroX]

lol like if windows, google, meta X, and apple (among many others) weren't doing this for decades now.

People worry to much and then give all their personal and medical information to some worker in a hospital to feed into a private health system, that its as secure as a paper house door and windows.

 

[Dustyboy1492]

Would trust more China than the US at this point.

lol

 

[adamboy64]

It is to be expected. You're just choosing which company/country you want to have your data with all of these services, particularly anything 'free'.