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DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

If you are implying that a government wants your data, they can just buy it or request it from the company directly. They don't have to snoop to get it. Also SSL isn't going to stop them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, no. I don't mean USA government. I do mean some governments, but also any company between here an there.

Imagin that your company wants to sell user data. There are limits on what your company can sell due to contracts or laws, due to having a relationship with the customers.
Your company leases internet connections from another company, ISP or not, that can sell the data. Sending the data without SSL provides an okay, if not ideal, method to move that data.