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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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