FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names

Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by Zmetta on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:29AM (#20470136)

One is owned and operated in a country of authoritarian-level data-collection and massive public propaganda and the other is owned and operated by a company in Russian which isn't any better but still determines the media narrative.

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by ehsankia on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:10PM (#20471261)

Especially after Cambridge Analytica, it honestly wouldn't be too much of a tin foil hat theory to imagine a world where state actors such as the IRA would come up with a viral app like this to scoop up data and influence the elections again.

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by 7Z7 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:14PM (#20471909)

>state actors such as the IRA

Can you elaborate on the IRA == state actor part?

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by underwires on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:23PM (#20472015)

Internet Research Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency

Were you thinking the Irish Republican Army?

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by 7Z7 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:18PM (#20472539)

Yep, totally confused me. Thanks!

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by umanwizard on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:18PM (#20471950)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Research_Agency

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by 7Z7 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:19PM (#20472544)

Thank you

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by IloveHN84 on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:51AM (#20470413)

You forgot MSQRD owned by Facebook. It's a US company, therefore their data can be requested by FBI, NSA and others upon request without opposition.

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by resters on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:19PM (#20474479)

Exactly. The lack of warrant canaries shows us just how cozy the relationship is.

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Re:FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces ... by Aeolun on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:52PM (#20475373)

Heh, I was kind of expecting that. But it was still amusing to read.

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