South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/south-korea-says-deepseek-transferred-user-data-to-china-us-without-consent.html

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sunzu2@thebrainbin.org · 17 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y

I just wish everyone understood that these companies are not making money out of the model's output, but rather from the user's inputs.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 7 pts · 1y (9 replies)

That's the app/website.

However, isn't DeepSeek also Open Source software? I doubt that also sends data to China.

Ed Zitron says it works just as well/bad as silicon valley's toys but needs only a fraction of the resources, and the tech bros have their knickers in a twist.

So I'm a bit skeptical when american corporate media bashes deepseek.

LWD@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (8 replies)

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm sure open AI will just "borrow" their code and a new release will magically be just as efficient

LWD@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

If you don't want your locally hosted deep seek to send days to China, just setup a firewall and you're done

LWD@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I know, I'm just saying that if the software (not the dataset) calls home, you can either modify the software, which is hard to do right, or you just easily block it with a firewall

LWD@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Exactly.

But Ed said you could also use your own models, train it yourself.

LWD@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

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KuroiKaze@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

In other news: Water Wet

Kobo@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y

... and the whole world is SHOCKED!

MITM0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

& the USA ? Wow