Overview

• DeepSeek, a Chinese AI application, has gained significant popularity but is raising concerns among cybersecurity experts and regulators over its data collection practices.
• The app stores extensive user input data, including keystroke patterns, which could be used for user profiling and identification, raising privacy alarms.
• Investigations by cybersecurity firms revealed the app’s vulnerabilities to manipulation, enabling it to generate malicious code, including keylogger scripts, with minimal effort.
• Under Chinese law, DeepSeek is required to store all data within China, potentially exposing it to government access under the country's intelligence laws.
• European regulators, including those in Germany and Italy, are initiating reviews and restrictions on DeepSeek's operations, citing violations of data protection laws.