Deepin Linux is Spyware

[securitybreach]

As of version 15.5 Linux Deepin carries out spying, with the App store making unencrypted connections to known Chinese tracker CNZZ.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v25Dy66AtNI&t=3s

[V.T. Eric Layton]

So, Deepin went a bit too deep, eh?

[securitybreach]

So, Deepin went a bit too deep, eh?

 

It looks like that might be the case but there is a reddit thread about it that says that it is only analytics but my research has shown that the cnzz.com service has been known to host malware and is flagged by various spyware/malware sites:

[V.T. Eric Layton]

Better safe than spied upon.