Given how closely major US tech companies are now affiliated and partnered with the US Federal government, arguably the direct potential threat from them to US citizens may well be higher than from across a very big pond.
People trot out "I'd rather our guys spy on me than them" a lot, but that's putting a lot of faith in your local government. Conversely, who do you think has more to fear from their logged prompts on DeepSeek, US or Chinese citizens?
Given what we know about the PRISM program, it's a distinction without much difference.
While I agree with you overall ... have you heard of Mar a Largo?
Remind me of the list of US tech CEOs who were at (and paid for!) the inauguration?
It is a threat to WallStreet and Silicon Valley. It just broke the illusion that they're kings of tech.
> why the hell does every single media outlet point out the "Tienanmen Square" question?
Sour grapes, but also the media cannot report anything about China without showing its anti-China bias.
This whole thing should be an eye-opener to most people.
To ask an honest question, who gives a crap if a Chinese company manages to grab data that many of the usual Silicon Valley suspects have had all along and have been incrementally updating? How is this a "threat".
To pile on another gripe, why the hell does every single media outlet point out the "Tienanmen Square" question?
The whole thing has just become embarrassing. I honestly can't fathom what worse China could do with my personal info than the likes of say, Meta. I'm not saying I would enjoy it, but I just don't see how it could be more harmful than the Silicon Valley status quo.