The #FaceAppChallenge is fun. It's also foolish.
” and show the world what you’re going to look like when you’re old and grey, bad news: You may have unintentionally given access to your likeness to malicious actors … to do whatever they want with that content … for life.FaceApp first blew up in 2017, when it was downloaded 80 million times, and is now experiencing a renewed level of virality thanks to the challenge.
Seems like a fun game, right? Well, as soon as you upload your selfie to the app, you’re forking over your face and data to shadowy figures who could use it for potentially nefarious purposes.that raise a growing number of privacy concerns.
Admittedly, this type of content ownership is pretty standard for app services. But FaceApp’s TOS is particularly vague. FaceApp’s privacy policy gives it the ability to collect information sent by your device including the websites you visit, add-ons, and other information that helps the app “improve its service.” That means FaceApp has wide ranging access to your device, your photos, and more, even if the appBut there’s an additional, potentially problematic wrinkle to the access issue: FaceApp just so happens to be based in Russia.Wireless Lab is based out of St.
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