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DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers

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80% Informative

DeepSeek is an open source open source AI chatbot that has simulated reasoning capabilities on par with market leader OpenAI .

On Thursday , mobile security company NowSecure reported that the app sends sensitive data over unencrypted channels, making the data readable to anyone who can monitor the traffic.

The data is sent to servers that are controlled by ByteDance , the Chinese company that owns TikTok .

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