DeepSeek för iOS överför okrypterad data: experter varnar för allvarliga hot
The DeepSeek iOS app was found to have serious security issues, including the transmission of unencrypted data. Despite the app's popularity in the App Store, its security was much weaker than expected.
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DeepSeek quickly gained popularity due to its high performance without the need for powerful hardware. This had an impact on the market, in particular on the shares of large American AI companies.
However, as soon as it gained popularity, privacy concerns were raised. In Italy and Ireland, regulators questioned the app's compliance with European data protection laws. In Italy, DeepSeek was removed from the app store.
In the United States, DeepSeek raised concerns about possible national security risks.
DeepSeek for iOS. Image: 9to5Mac
Earlier, it was revealed that the company had inadvertently left open a database with a million records, including chat history and secret keys.
Cybersecurity experts NowSecure discovered that DeepSeek had disabled iOS's built-in security system, App Transport Security (ATS). This allows the application to transmit data without encryption, which significantly increases the risk of personal information leakage.
In addition, DeepSeek uses the outdated 3DES encryption algorithm, which has long been recognised as unreliable. According to experts, such encryption does not provide a sufficient level of protection for confidential data.
Experts warn that even fragments of data can be combined to identify users. Such methods are actively used for surveillance, including of potentially important targets.
The review concludes that DeepSeek is not safe to use, and its Android version has even more vulnerabilities.
Source: 9to5Mac
