Is FaceApp safe? PewDiePie Faceapp makes A deeper look at the viral hit
Youtuber PewDiePie Faceapp makes old people old epicly
Youtuber PewDiePie Faceapp makes old people old epicly
The exact cost of digitally aging
If you are too much on Facebook, Twitter or any other social medium in the last few days, you can not fail to notice it - Facepap is everywhere.
Despite starting back in January 2017, the app suddenly got a new lease of viral life.
But the sooner it is revealed, the more concern is that what the company is actually doing with our photographs and also followed our privacy. So, is this a time of worry?
What is FaceApp?
Where were you, grandfather? FaceAp is Hot New Trend. It's an iPhone and Android app that takes your photos and does some digitally wizardry to manipulate your face through many digital filters.
Older Filters has become especially popular because it is available for free in the app. It is very surprising, and capable of delivering extremely strong results.
How does FaceApp work?
The app works its magic using the power of machine learning. It is a new technology that is rapidly ubiquitous in computing.
Essentially, instead of trying to explain to a computer what it means - using the age and code, describe what the origin of wrinkles, brown hair or water is - the computer is "trained" with thousands of other photographs By themselves they will find out Old people
The results are very impressive - if not completely accurate. Play a photo of someone who is old now, when they were young, and there is no possibility of creating an image such as FaceAppe, which now looks like them.
What data does FaceApp collect?
So this is an important question! The sooner the app has become viral, the more worrying about privacy. Not only this, US Senator Chuck Schumer has called the FBI to investigate the app.
And many posts on Facebook and other social media are becoming viral, which users are urging to look at the app with caution.
This concern runs on the fact that in order for the app to work, the user has to provide app access to photos on your phone - just like you should be with Instagram or one billion other apps.
The thing to worry about people is that there are two things: this concept means that the app has access to all the photos on your phone, so if developers have opted to do so, then that app will be available to everyone or their You can ask to upload photos to your server. Or pass them in other organizations.
The concern is that the company that creates the app is located in St. Petersburg, Russia's Wireless Lab.
So ... FaceApp is uploading my photos?
Regardless of the initial concerns, at present, the evidence points out that the app is behaving responsibly and not uploading all our photographs. Many other developers have analyzed what is being transmitted, and it has been concluded that all the uploading apps are the photos the user chooses to apply the filter.
This is because on the contrary, say, Instagram filter, photo processing on Facepay is in the cloud. In other words, all app uploads photos and then downloads completed stuff - all smart digital aging happens somewhere else on the server.
The reason for the app that works in this way can be two fold: First, it is very difficult to do this kind of processing at the local level. The reason for learning the machine is so powerful now because of processing if your phone is not dependent on the processor - if necessary, the entire server may be using the processing power contained in the fields.
Secondly, it can help developers improve their product. They can use all those pictures, which we upload more accurately in the Machine Learning Model of Trainfacepack - as a result there are even more realistic photos. And because all the processing is in the cloud, it also means that they can improve and improve the filter better without needing to update all the apps on their phones.
The developers have said that whatever has been uploaded is deleted within a few days. The reason is that for the first time in that long time the data is hanging over, apparently to avoid processing the same images twice: if two people upload the same image (if you upload a celebrity to If you want to give digitally, then this is unlikely), that means they only have to work harder to process images once their servers.
What are the Terms and Conditions of FacePlace?
One of the factors that can raise concerns is the terms and conditions that have become viral. And on his face, he looks very beautiful:
"You are responsible for using, reproducing, modifying, modifying, publishing, translating, improving, improving, improving, and reputable, irrevocable, any appreciable, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, transferable, sub-licensed license. Grant, distribute, perform publicly performing and performing derivative works. Your user should come to the content and any name, username or equality Regardless of compensation, you have now been provided with regard to your user content in all media formats and channels developed or later developed without compensation.
"When you post or otherwise share user content through or through our services, you understand that your user content and any related information (such as your [user name], location or profile photo) will be visible to the public . "
Oh, is that so!
However, it is important to keep in mind that they are not one million miles away from the people used by other social media apps.
The only real difference - and it's important - on the contrary, say, Facebook or Google, there is not an easy way to remove your data from the app. At the moment, you have to email support with a written request - although developers have said that they are planning to make it easy.
There is also a secondary concern that the app does not follow strict new GDPR rules with its ad. Whether it is merit or not, we will leave for lawyers - but this is not really the meat of privacy concerns.
Should we be worried that the company is Russian?
And this ... is a bit controversial. The fact is that the wireless lab is located in Russia, perhaps that's why FaceAp has attracted the doubts of politicians compared to any other app. And these concerns are not completely without qualification.
Of course, Russia has recently been the most notorious recent history of using technology in international affairs: to hack the power grid in Ukraine with the digital operation done during the 2016 US elections. It is certainly imagination that Vladimir Putin can see this latest viral sensation as a means by which the data of Western or other opponents can be used.
There is no evidence that the Russian government or the military is getting data from the app or in any way involved in the company, and the company itself has said that the data actually originated outside of Russia on Amazon and Google's cloud server is stored.
However, there is definitely a reason for concern about the location of the company headquarters. If Vladimir Putin wanted to access the data for some reason (maybe he would like to see everyone's selfie?), Depending on the location of the company and its employees, they will have some significant significant benefits.
So ... should we be worried about FaceApp?
Finally, with Facepack, we are disliking and disliking the same privacy business that we do with any other app. When we download Instagram, should we worry that the US government wants to give a flick through our photo album? Perhaps we can assume that there are more safety measures because America is a working democracy.
And what about other apps that are growing in popularity like Tikkoc? The app, which has made a real deal with young people, is owned by a Chinese company. So there is a strong case for equal reservation - although because the scares have not been viral in quite the same way, nobody cares.
So is SafePass? With any app it depends on the risks you are willing to take. Perhaps the best way to fly FaceApp is if there is nothing else, then it is a powerful reminder that you should check your privacy and sharing settings on every app you downloaded - not just going viral.