By now you’ve probably heard of FaceApp. You upload a picture of yourself and then get to see what you’ll look like when you’re old. The Jonas Brothers are doing it, Drake is doing it, and it seems like everyone is doing it. Fun, right? Well, FaceApp is owned by a Russian company. And when you use the app, you are giving that company access to your data.
Viral FaceApp raises privacy concerns
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- April Glaser - senior research fellow at Harvard University - @aprilaser