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Stupid FaceApp. “Gee! It’s an election cycle. Let’s all download a selfie app from Russia!”

What’s everyone’s take on this app? I’ve seen articles saying it’s no big deal because their servers are all in the US and it doesn’t access the photo library and blah blah blah. My issue is that the photo it takes goes to the cloud for processing. Control lost.

In Soviet Russia, app play YOU!

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  • 4
    5y
    I imagine a 20-something year old Russian dude making this app and releasing it to make a few bucks and share his work, to then be accused of being a Russian haxor and suddenly getting all these accusations

    (I don't know much about the actual creators of the app though)
  • 6
    5y
    But uploading a photo to American social media is fine and all.
  • 1
    5y
    I'm sure @alexbrooklyn is right. We know better.

    Yet, honestly I don't trust 'murica more than Russia. Typical 'murican egocentrism to think it's better because the servers are in the US.

    At least, Europe *tries* to protect our privacy.
  • 1
    5y
    I'd say the photo upload isn't even the issue... Has anyone ever looked at their permission requirements? There can collect way more data than actually needed.
  • 1
    5y
    @Cultist you say as germany wants to stop using SSL and ban VPN's
  • 2
    5y
    @Cultist if "trying" means that companies are obligated to tell the public that they are in fact gathering data, then sure. Nothing's changed since GDPR, except for the fact that everyone now blindly accepts all the T&C instead of not knowing there were any.

    Guess the lobbyists did their work well.
  • 2
    5y
    @Lucky-Loek holy shit that was quite the boom
  • 2
    5y
    I think you mix two things together- data theft/unwanted data usage vs destructional hacking. Both are bad, but data theft probably can't be used to modify elections (at least not in a normal election system)
  • 0
    5y
    @arcsector can't really make it better than it is I suppose.. Though it probably was a bit salty haha.

    But really, nothing's changed. The baddies only need to tell us they're gathering data and then they comply with GDPR.
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