Description:
FaceApp, which can generate altered images that make users look decades older,
has become a national obsession. The Jonas Brothers, Carrie Underwood and Kevin
Hart have all taken the so-called FaceApp Challenge, along with tens of millions of
others worldwide. But cybersecurity experts say FaceApp¡¯s terms of service are
raising red flags. ¡°We just don¡¯t know enough about this organization,
¡± says author David Fergusson about FaceApp¡¯s Russian creators.
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Anchor: If you've been thinking about having fun with that app that ages
you well it'sall the rage. But you might want to read the fine print, literally.
You could be giving access to your personal information and a whole lot more
Meaghan Alexander.
Reporter: Reports everyone's obsessed with face app the
app has become a sensation in just the last 24 hours. It can make you look
decades older in an instant. The Jonas Brothers, Kevin Hart, and Carrie
Underwood have all taken the so-called Faceapp challenge. Along with
80 million others worldwide.But do they really know the potential perils.
Here's how it works.You download the Faceapp on your smartphone,
then you select a photo to be altered the app gives you the option do you
want to look older or younger.
The results are remarkably realistic. It seems like harmless goofy fun,
but experts are now raising major red flags. Take a look at the fine
print in Faceapp's Terms of Service. Which, let's be honest few of us ever
bother to read you grant face that perpetual irrevocable worldwide license to
use modify publish your User Content. David Ferguson is co-author of the
trans human code.
David Ferguson: They have access to information we've given them the rights
to to information in large part for them to use as they choose.
Reporter: Also sparking concern the app was developed by a Russian company
that is based in Saint Petersburg.
The Talk: Are you concerned that this app could be sending your information
to Russia?
Reporter: The ladies on the talk are very leery.
The Talk: Resisting don't do it!
Anchor: Faceapp told us they only upload the photo selected by
the user adding that they delete most images within 48 hours.
Questions:
1. Specify what FaceApp is about.
2. Explain how it works.
3. What concerns are growing avid its popularity?