cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled serversarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down114
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minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up78arrow-down2·3 days agoThe hell? There’s no reason to use plain HTTP instead of HTTPS. And symmetric encryption is wildly irresponsible as well.
minus-squaredragonlobster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoWell many of China’s websites don’t even use HTTPS. Look at china.org.cn, or en.people.cn for example
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down14·3 days agoDepends on how much traffic you’re talking about. Encrypting/decrypting isn’t free.
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·3 days agoIt’s trivial compared to the compute they dedicate to AI models. Like, not even a rounding error.
minus-squarecadekat@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down13·3 days agoA penny saved is still a penny saved. I’m not saying it would amount to much, but it is non-zero.
minus-square0xD@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoThese are completely different systems. It doesn’t make a difference.
The hell? There’s no reason to use plain HTTP instead of HTTPS.
And symmetric encryption is wildly irresponsible as well.
Well many of China’s websites don’t even use HTTPS. Look at china.org.cn, or en.people.cn for example
Depends on how much traffic you’re talking about. Encrypting/decrypting isn’t free.
It’s trivial compared to the compute they dedicate to AI models. Like, not even a rounding error.
A penny saved is still a penny saved. I’m not saying it would amount to much, but it is non-zero.
These are completely different systems. It doesn’t make a difference.