The worrying thing that happens when you use the viral face aging app
FACEAPP: PRIVACY WARNING ISSUED OVER APP THAT LETS USERS TURN THEMSELVES OLD
App provokes shock with pictures – and concern about what they could be used for
FaceApp is provoking a combination of delight and repulsion among the huge number of people using it to turn themselves and others older.
The app uses artificial intelligence to change your photos – changing it so that users look young or older, or swapping their genders, for instance.
But the terms of the Russian-owned app have led to a number of warnings about what it could actually be doing with your photos.
But the fact that so little is known about the app, and that it is made by developers in Russia, have led some to warn that it is best not to use it, or to be careful when doing so.
FACEAPP: PRIVACY WARNING ISSUED OVER APP THAT LETS USERS TURN THEMSELVES OLD
App provokes shock with pictures – and concern about what they could be used for
FaceApp is provoking a combination of delight and repulsion among the huge number of people using it to turn themselves and others older.
The app uses artificial intelligence to change your photos – changing it so that users look young or older, or swapping their genders, for instance.
But the terms of the Russian-owned app have led to a number of warnings about what it could actually be doing with your photos.
But the fact that so little is known about the app, and that it is made by developers in Russia, have led some to warn that it is best not to use it, or to be careful when doing so.
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