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DeepSeek Review: A Middling Chatbot With Profound Privacy Issues (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ca
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/37068051

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The article feels biased, as for privacy; you should expect none if the program isn’t running locally and makes network requests

[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, you should expect ... but that's not the case. The article is not biased.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Your article cites the Trump administration (which clears your bar for what constitutes state propaganda) and additionally when we compare it to their own review for ChatGPT:

PCMag describes DeepSeek data collection as "fairly standard for chatbot data collection," but then claims "other serious privacy concerns" before linking that [Trump admin] report.

Meanwhile "OpenAI collects a significant amount of data," it "was not forthcoming" with data breaches, and the author doesn't "recommend sharing anything too sensitive with ChatGPT."

Strange DeepSeek gets the "not secure" label and ChatGPT does not.