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    Venturer_Brave got a reaction from matrix07012 in FaceApp, or how to voluntarily train russian face recognition AI   
    With it's increasing popularity and even seeing tweets from Linus and (Bitwit) Kyle showing the byproduct of this app, I thought I'd post this here...
     
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/07/17/viral-app-faceapp-now-owns-access-to-more-than-150-million-peoples-faces-and-names/#79fff76b62f1
    https://www.phonearena.com/news/FaceApp-gender-age-filter-app-privacy-concerns-issue-Russia-elections_id117529
     
    Basically a couple of things are happening when you are using this app:
    1) While you still get to own your face, you're giving this Russian company the exclusive right to do whatever it desires with any photo you upload to the app. You might end up on a billboard somewhere in Moscow, but your face will most likely end up training some AI facial-recognition algorithm. And the worst part is that this right is irrevocable.
    2) According to former Rackspace manager Rob La Gesse, FaceApp also has acces to all of your photos, Siri and Search, and also has access to refreshing in the background.
     
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    Venturer_Brave got a reaction from EarthWormJM2 in FaceApp, or how to voluntarily train russian face recognition AI   
    With it's increasing popularity and even seeing tweets from Linus and (Bitwit) Kyle showing the byproduct of this app, I thought I'd post this here...
     
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/07/17/viral-app-faceapp-now-owns-access-to-more-than-150-million-peoples-faces-and-names/#79fff76b62f1
    https://www.phonearena.com/news/FaceApp-gender-age-filter-app-privacy-concerns-issue-Russia-elections_id117529
     
    Basically a couple of things are happening when you are using this app:
    1) While you still get to own your face, you're giving this Russian company the exclusive right to do whatever it desires with any photo you upload to the app. You might end up on a billboard somewhere in Moscow, but your face will most likely end up training some AI facial-recognition algorithm. And the worst part is that this right is irrevocable.
    2) According to former Rackspace manager Rob La Gesse, FaceApp also has acces to all of your photos, Siri and Search, and also has access to refreshing in the background.
     
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    Venturer_Brave got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in FaceApp, or how to voluntarily train russian face recognition AI   
    With it's increasing popularity and even seeing tweets from Linus and (Bitwit) Kyle showing the byproduct of this app, I thought I'd post this here...
     
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/07/17/viral-app-faceapp-now-owns-access-to-more-than-150-million-peoples-faces-and-names/#79fff76b62f1
    https://www.phonearena.com/news/FaceApp-gender-age-filter-app-privacy-concerns-issue-Russia-elections_id117529
     
    Basically a couple of things are happening when you are using this app:
    1) While you still get to own your face, you're giving this Russian company the exclusive right to do whatever it desires with any photo you upload to the app. You might end up on a billboard somewhere in Moscow, but your face will most likely end up training some AI facial-recognition algorithm. And the worst part is that this right is irrevocable.
    2) According to former Rackspace manager Rob La Gesse, FaceApp also has acces to all of your photos, Siri and Search, and also has access to refreshing in the background.
     
  4. Informative
    Venturer_Brave got a reaction from IAmAndre in FaceApp, or how to voluntarily train russian face recognition AI   
    With it's increasing popularity and even seeing tweets from Linus and (Bitwit) Kyle showing the byproduct of this app, I thought I'd post this here...
     
    https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/07/17/viral-app-faceapp-now-owns-access-to-more-than-150-million-peoples-faces-and-names/#79fff76b62f1
    https://www.phonearena.com/news/FaceApp-gender-age-filter-app-privacy-concerns-issue-Russia-elections_id117529
     
    Basically a couple of things are happening when you are using this app:
    1) While you still get to own your face, you're giving this Russian company the exclusive right to do whatever it desires with any photo you upload to the app. You might end up on a billboard somewhere in Moscow, but your face will most likely end up training some AI facial-recognition algorithm. And the worst part is that this right is irrevocable.
    2) According to former Rackspace manager Rob La Gesse, FaceApp also has acces to all of your photos, Siri and Search, and also has access to refreshing in the background.
     
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