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DeepSeek collects keystroke data and more, storing it in Chinese servers (mashable.com)

submitted 2 days ago by restingboredface@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Is anyone actually surprised by this?

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[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The argument stands, though.

Yes, not ALL other apps do that, but the comment was specifically talking about companies like Google and Meta... they definitely do collect incomplete strings from search forms (down to individual characters) when they display search suggestions, for example. They might not mention "keystrokes" in the legal text, but I don't see why they wouldn't be able to extrapolate your typing pattern since they do have the timing information which should be enough data to, at some level, profile it.