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Viral FaceApp raises privacy concerns
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?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readBy 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.
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The full episode
2 of 5President Trump’s 2020 campaign strategy: more of the same?- 0:00Is ‘send her back’ the new ‘lock her up?’
- 11:57Viral FaceApp raises privacy concernsYou’re reading this
- 20:19Elon Musk is developing technology that can read your mind
- 30:27Trying to achieve eternal life -- without doing all the work
- 39:44What to watch at Outfest, the LGBTQ film festival