China’s latest AI sensation, DeepSeek, has taken the tech world by storm, and not just for its impressive capabilities. In record time, this startup has climbed the app charts, putting pressure on established players like OpenAI. What makes DeepSeek stand out is its claim of delivering performance comparable to Western AI models while requiring significantly fewer resources. Sounds too good to be true? Perhaps, because a massive security flaw has already exposed serious weaknesses in how DeepSeek handles data privacy.
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Pegasus: An invisible threat to our privacy – Pegasus is an advanced Trojan software used by governments to gain access to the data of target individuals. Developed by the Israeli NSO Group, it is often used as a tool to combat terrorism and serious crime. However, it poses a tremendous threat to privacy as it is capable of infiltrating smartphones and accessing all data unnoticed. Once Pegasus infects a device, secure communication is no longer possible – even on supposedly secure platforms like Telegram. The spyware can intercept messages before they are encrypted or after they are decrypted.
Imagine, I recently faced the challenge of sending all my passwords as part of my digital legacy. Being a technology and security aficionado, I was well aware that conventional messenger services hardly provide the necessary level of security anymore. So I thought to myself: “Why not encrypt the text before sending and protect my sensitive data from the prying eyes of unauthorized individuals?”