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New: The Democratic party is telling 2020 campaigns to beware of FaceApp because it was "developed by Russians. ... Delete the app immediately." The full email: https://t.co/n4POj0SpDX
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) July 17, 2019
(Confirming @donie's scoop: https://t.co/oXzRrON7a8) pic.twitter.com/PQiZrOrZ2K
Oh for fuck sakes. This whole "it's bad because it's Russian" bullshit is getting out of hand. It's bad because it's a shitty app, not because it's Russian. It's fearmongering at best and capitalizing on bad news at its worst. https://t.co/0R0NghrHDC
— Zack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker) July 17, 2019
I hate to break it to the DNC, but the Russians probably already have a copy of your face if you're a Democrat running for any major office in the U.S. https://t.co/zuoBuDgnD8
— Elizabeth Spiers (@espiers) July 18, 2019
Some big "red scare" vibes to this new FaceApp panic. A number of leading (non-government) AI researchers and developers work in Russia. The real problem seems like the company's terms of service - which are just as problematic as many companies in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/DMASYtMXzE
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) July 17, 2019
The DNC sent a security alert to 2020 presidential campaigns warning them about FaceApp: "This app allows users to perform different transformations on photos of people... Unfortunately, this novelty is not without risk: FaceApp was developed by Russians." https://t.co/0R23DQZlRF
— CNN (@CNN) July 17, 2019
#BREAK The Democratic National Committee has warned 2020 presidential campaign staff not to use FaceApp:
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) July 17, 2019
"If you or any of your staff have already used the app, we recommend that they delete the app immediately."https://t.co/F2MJw7tmvB
.@DNC apparently based its warning to Dem candidates not to use the viral Russian-based FaceApp on misinformation that was started online. Democrats are still pretty triggered by Russian hackers. Clearly @DailyCaller https://t.co/bha0LgFOuE via @dailycaller
— Christopher D. White (@ZanderKelly30) July 18, 2019
FaceApp, the viral photo-filter app that lets people see older versions of themselves, is reviving concerns over vague privacy policies and the handing of personal information to overseas-developed apps. https://t.co/CArpVGQbt9
— Axios (@axios) July 18, 2019
Russian-owned face-aging app rejuvenates old questions #cybersecurity #infosec #faceapp #privacy https://t.co/5LFrdgw1iU
— Kenneth Holley (@kennethholley) July 18, 2019
Good job submitting millions of faces to a St. Petersburg, Russia based app with a horrific privacy policy that will likely pass this on to state, facial recognition databases, everyone in my Twitter feed.
— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) July 17, 2019
You ?? have ?? learned ?? nothing.
As I have been saying for years:
— Ben Basche (@basche42) July 19, 2019
> People don't care a ton about privacy yet
> it is not a meaningful basis of competition in consumer products/services
> that is OBVIOUSLY going to change / is changing
> The privacy reckoning is coming
> Most of SV is not prepared
> Apple is https://t.co/gNtpGxdUuw
The problem with FaceApp is not Russia. It's that millions of people will give their personal data to strangers before anyone bats an eye https://t.co/LGCXl6v4fP
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) July 19, 2019
Deleting FaceApp won't remove your data from the cloud; you have to send a bug report with "privacy" in the subject line. Good reporting here by @geoffreyfowler
— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) July 17, 2019
https://t.co/t4XtSrMBp3
I am not seeing much fishy in FaceApp
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) July 17, 2019
Photos are uploaded to FaceApp's servers on AWS w/ authorization. Not much info is being sent to FaceApp's servers other than user metrics (e.g. ui interactions)
I just wish there's an option for users to delete their photos from the server
New: FaceApp sparked a new Russia panic. But our problems with tech & privacy go way deeper than that. "Just because it’s from Saint Petersburg does not at all mean it’s bad. And just because it's from the U.S. doesn’t mean it’s good" https://t.co/6Ix3t2h8nk @hannah_denham1
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) July 18, 2019
NEW: First to @NBCNews: @SenSchumer is asking the FBI and FTC to conduct a federal national security & privacy investigation into the Russia-based company, Face-App, which is producing all of those aged photos of your friends you’re seeing on social media.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 17, 2019
Full letter is here: pic.twitter.com/9Q72yrj92c
Is FaceApp Safe to Use? | Avast https://t.co/vC7omQECMF pic.twitter.com/ijeJpMuylh
— CSPF (@CyberSecurityPr) July 19, 2019
Are celebrities putting themselves at risk by using #FaceApp?
— Avast Software (@avast_antivirus) July 19, 2019
Read what Nikolaos Chrysaidos @virqdroid Avast's head of mobile threat intelligence has to say
➤ https://t.co/W3tfXsIydY #privacy
If you've used FaceApp's AI to see how you'd look as a senior citizen-- go ahead and breathe a deep sigh of relief, but there are some things you should understand about your privacy and use of the app.
— Avast Software (@avast_antivirus) July 18, 2019
For more facts on the issue ➤ https://t.co/OgsQT5VBna #privacy
Red Scare: Democrats Warn FaceApp Could Be a Russian Trojan Horse https://t.co/WVaIVxaDKa via @VanityFair
— juju (@jjsmokkieBOY57) July 18, 2019
Federalist Society Executive Vice President Leonard Leo. ... “ " Barr was highly recommended by people in the ... Emmet Flood and Federalist Society Executive Vice President Leonard Leo. ... “This should never again be allowed to happen to a future https://t.co/mLmb3yHymJ
— Linda (@DebtTrut) July 19, 2019
President of the United States! https://t.co/mLmb3yHymJ Here it is from The Washington Post. LEONARD LEO, LEONARD LEO, LEONARD LEO. OPUS DEI, OPUS DEI, OPUS DEI. GET IT? THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY, & OPUS DEI, POPULATING OUR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO KNOW -- WHEN
— Linda (@DebtTrut) July 19, 2019
I found your data. It’s for sale. https://t.co/E0lwLQJcO6 #Surveillance
— i-intelligence (@i_intelligence) July 19, 2019
The federal government’s budget deficit in May rose to a record $207.8 billion, 41.5% higher than a year ago.
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) June 12, 2019
Through the first 8 months of this budget year, the budget deficit totals $738.6 billion, an increase of 38.8% over the same period last year.https://t.co/Ix902hrRjr
Had an awesome chat with @alyssabereznak from @ringer about how apps like #FaceApp can be used as a new-age #phishing tool. Check out the article! @AgariInc https://t.co/OoXmEIGEoD
— Crane Hassold ? (@CraneHassold) July 18, 2019
i wrote about faceapp and how there are good lessons about privacy to learn from an overblown controversy https://t.co/QN3idc0n4F
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) July 18, 2019
FaceApp Shows We Care About Privacy but Don’t Understand It: "A viral app lets us see what we might look like as a wrinkle-laden 75-year-old. Users click “yes” on the terms of service without looking, and start snapping and uploading pictures." https://t.co/J243udPKU0
— Niels Provos (@NielsProvos) July 19, 2019
The vast majority of apps we download have bloated, hard-to-read privacy policies. They’re written by teams of highly paid lawyers looking to grant as many permissions as possible to the companies at the expense of the users, @cwarzel writes. https://t.co/YAbWqHpANj
— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) July 19, 2019
FaceApp’s privacy policy is, as many pointed out, pretty awful. It asks for “irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, transferable sub-licensable license” for those pictures of our faces, writes @cwarzel. https://t.co/536ytYI6HT
— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) July 18, 2019
"Privacy is complex and often dull and hard to get even concerned internet dwellers to pay attention to." Good, sober critique of #FaceApp by @cwarzel in @nytimes | FaceApp Shows We Care About #Privacy but Don’t Understand It https://t.co/kDZWszHgVi pic.twitter.com/g0OYLZW7Kz
— Sanjana Hattotuwa (@sanjanah) July 18, 2019
"The real scandal here isn’t that FaceApp is an outlier, but approaching the industry standard."https://t.co/tW9UhaX5G1
— Matt Cagle (@Matt_Cagle) July 19, 2019
FaceApp Shows We Care About Privacy but Don’t Understand It https://t.co/JTiMkCzM1u lo que nos decía @MaiaLevyDaniel , @ElioH4X0R @MariaJoseCadena
— Melissa AG (@melissaayala92) July 18, 2019
#FaceApp
— Amit Paranjape (@aparanjape) July 18, 2019
Sen. Chuck Schumer has asked the FBI and FTC to investigate whether pictures could be shared with foreign governments, like Russia.
The DNC has warned 2020 presidential campaigns against using FaceApp too.https://t.co/fTXyiaVhsr
FaceApp, the viral photo-filter app that lets people see older versions of themselves, is reviving concerns over vague privacy policies and the handing of personal information to overseas-developed apps. https://t.co/CArpVGQbt9
— Axios (@axios) July 19, 2019
Face-aging app rejuvenates old privacy questions https://t.co/UmBcOAGmJr
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) July 18, 2019
This week’s FaceApp scandal shows “we care about our digital privacy but still don’t quite understand it” @cearzel @PrivacyProject via @nytimes | #privacy #FaceApp https://t.co/keZ75VJKx1
— Clayton Rice, Q.C. (@WiretapLawyer) July 20, 2019
FaceApp has all the necessary components for a viral privacy scandal: a catchy concept, celebrity users and a mysterious company, @cwarzel writes https://t.co/ShBzyE4mQe
— Privacy Project (@PrivacyProject) July 19, 2019