A security expert warns 'Deepseek,' the no. 1 downloaded app on Apple and Google, could pose potential privacy concerns for American users.
Aaron Katersky, Kaitlyn Morris, Kate Holland and Alexandra MyersAaron Katersky has more on the public safety concerns surrounding this new AI platform., the explosive new artificial intelligence tool that took the world by storm, has code hidden in its programming which has the built-in capability to send user data directly to the Chinese government, experts told ABC News.
"We see direct links to servers and to companies in China that are under control of the Chinese government. And this is something that we have never seen in the past," Tsarynny said. China Mobile was banned from operating in the U.S. by the FCC in 2019 due to concerns that "unauthorized access to customerdata could create irreparable damage to U.S. national security." It was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in 2021 and added to the FCC's list of national security threats in 2022.
"National security officials always suspect that technology sold by a Chinese-based company has a backdoor making that data accessible to the Chinese government. In this case, the back door's been discovered, it's been opened, and that's alarming." DeepSeek's terms of service specify that they "shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China."
Tsarynny's analysis found that DeepSeek's web tool creates a digital "fingerprint" for each unique user, which has the capability to track users' activity not only while they use DeepSeek's website, but all web activity going forward.
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