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The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday warned presidential campaigns against using the viral face-transforming FaceApp, citing the software’s Russian developers. It urged campaign staff to “delete the app immediately.”
The app allows users to upload photos of their faces and have them automatically edited to look like their future selves, replete with wrinkles and graying hair — a popular trick that filled the social media feeds of millions of users, including celebrities such as Drake, LeBron James and the Jonas Brothers.
“This novelty is not without risk: FaceApp was developed by Russians,” DNC security chief Bob Lord wrote in the alert to campaigns, which was first reported by CNN. “It’s not clear at this point what the privacy risks are, but what is clear is that the benefits of avoiding the app outweigh the risks. ... If you or any of your staff have already used the app, we recommend that they delete the app immediately.”
The app uploads people’s photos to the “cloud” of servers run by Amazon and Google, the company said, meaning deleting the app would likely make no difference on how the photos are used. In its privacy terms, the company said it can collect any of a user’s uploaded photos as well as data on the user’s visited websites and other information.
FaceApp’s terms of service say it can share information with a government agency if a subpoena, court order or search warrant is issued and that the company has “a good faith belief that the law requires” it to do so. This information can also be shared with any country that FaceApp maintains facilities in, including Russia.
originally posted by: RelSciHistItSufi
a reply to: crankyoldman
cranky, what an interesting cypher/decipher sheet from Mary Queen of Scots.
For example, the symbol for Queen Elizabeth I is the same sign used for man; a circle mounted by a cross!
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
a reply to: SouthernGift
We seen this coming.
How many people ever read the privacy terms of service? It's probably 0.0000001%.
originally posted by: cherokeetroy
Did DJT bring up human trafficking in his speech?
#BREAKING: The Trump administration is preparing to deploy hundreds of US troops to Saudi Arabia -
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
a reply to: SouthernGift
We seen this coming.
How many people ever read the privacy terms of service? It's probably 0.0000001%.
Square Kufic
Square Kufic is a very simplified rectangular style of Kufic widely used for tiling.
In Iran sometimes entire buildings are covered with tiles spelling sacred names like those of God,