re: What DeepSeek knows about you — Why it matters DeepSeek’s privacy issues should worry you

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Writing is thinking

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We’re hurling towards dystopia, and no one seems to care

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By having a full record of how we type, they also have a record of how we think

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When people stupidly parrot, “what’s the big deal, they have all our information anyway”, they don’t know what the frick they are talking about.

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Really is scary sad seeing people on here responding like this. Giving up. They can't see past their nose. They learned nothing from the slippery slopes we have seen over the years. Then complain when things happen and act like it's some new thing.

I want to pull my hair out when I have family that respond like that, because you know you can't trust them.

Virtual Reality goggles fit in your "learning the way you think" explanation. Irrc it takes 30mins-1hr for the system to permanently learn how your brain works through your eye movements.

The worst are the people who say things like why does it matter if (a foreign enemy) China has it, our govt does?? The ignorance in not seeing the difference is mind boggling.

This AI/AGI stuff is scaring people who are in the thick of it, and that should be a sign. Hope Trump is able to figure out how to prevent it from affecting the next election. This is way bigger than the "deep fakes" potential.

People brushing it off today as no big deal or "too late" will be the same people complaining in a few years how all their personnel private phone info has been used against them somehow. Well that's what happens when you download every app on your phone, just to save on a few coupons. /rant

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What is your current trade position on NVDA?

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I'm not much of a trader (unless volatility is crazy), and certainly not into something like wash transactions. Even though we work out of several separate portfolio/accounts, which would enable it.

Nah, in a perfect world, I'd buy and hold (e.g., decent position in AAPL at a $29 CB). Unfortunately, as Burns said, the best laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry ... bouts of volatility will morph some b&h plans into a churn even outside of tax protected accounts.

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Worried about privacy?
At this point I’d trust the Chinese with our data over the NSA.

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DeepSeek leaks one million sensitive records in a major data breach
30 Jan 2025

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek left critical user data and internal secrets unprotected, raising alarms over security risks in the AI industry.

A New York-based cybersecurity firm, Wiz, has uncovered a critical security lapse at DeepSeek, a rising Chinese AI startup, revealing a cache of sensitive data openly accessible on the internet.

According to a report published by Wiz, the exposed data included over a million lines of log entries, digital software keys, backend details, and user chat history from DeepSeek’s AI assistant. The firm’s researchers found that DeepSeek had inadvertently left an unsecured ClickHouse database accessible online, raising significant security concerns for enterprises and governments globally.

Wiz Chief Technology Officer Ami Luttwak confirmed in a blog post that DeepSeek swiftly acted to secure the database after being alerted.

“They took it down in less than an hour,” Luttwak stated in the blog post. “But this was so simple to find, we believe we’re not the only ones who found it.”
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The breach posed a severe risk, not only to DeepSeek but also to its users, as attackers could potentially exploit the exposed credentials to gain deeper access into the company’s systems.
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DeepSeek’s rapid rise in the AI landscape has positioned it as a formidable player, but its recent security mishap raises critical questions about AI governance and risk management. For enterprises considering AI adoption, due diligence on security practices is more crucial than ever.

As global regulators tighten scrutiny, the incident may set a precedent for how AI firms handle security and compliance. While DeepSeek may have acted swiftly to remediate the issue, the long-term impact of this exposure remains to be seen.
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