Faceapp: The App That Ages You In Seconds And Steals Your Data

The app that ages you in seconds and that steals your data incidentally is called FaceApp and it has been a trend since Monday afternoon on social networks

Surely it happened to you that you entered Facebook and saw your time line flooded with photos of your friends in their old version, well, they fell into the temptation of FaceApp, the application that ages you in seconds and that steals your data by the way.

On the afternoon of Monday, July 15, FaceApp, the application that ages you in seconds and that steals your data by the way , went viral on the network because it offers an aging filter, which allows you to see how you would be several years later .

This application can be used in the iOS and Android operating systems, just take a photo with your mobile to see yourself transformed with all the wrinkles and gray hair that you would have when you are an older adult.

Also, it offers other options to change gender and race, so you could be black skinned or sport an Asian look. Everything is fine up to there, but nobody considers that you are putting your personal data at risk!

The detail is that this fun application, which practically everyone is using, is that when you fall into the temptation of the game that offers you to take a look at your old age, you are also giving away your data, so that it can later be used by third parties, specifically companies, to offer you advertising tailored to your needs.

This application was created by a company called Wireless Lab, which is based in Saint Petersburg Russia, and as with other tools of the type, it turns on the red flags on the issue of privacy.

You just have to consult the privacy policy of the application to realize what you are doing. It turns out that FaceApp collects the content that you generate through your social network, as well as the behavior you have on the network previously collected by the famous cookies and other identifiers of your mobile.

The privacy policy is confusing because it says that it will not share your information with third parties, however, it does (and tells you) with those who are legally affiliated with Wireless Lab.

Specifically, the company warns you that it could pass your information to third parties, specifically, service providers, that is, other companies that, if you already used the application, would know everything about you.

In addition, it makes it clear that your information may be processed in countries where its associates are based, for example, the United States. Once in this step, your information would be in the hands of who knows who, since the Russian company would have already transferred it.

So if you already put your face in the aging filter, you have simply given a lot of information about yourself, including your real name, location, preferences and all those details that we share on our social networks.

By the way, there is the issue of the possible uses of facial recognition, which practically anyone could use at any time. So we recommend that you be careful and avoid being tempted.

But if you still insist on joining the "fashion", to use FaceApp you only have to download it on your mobile, give yes to the necessary permissions (this is where you give your information), then select the photo that who to modify or take one . Ready!