The Old Face Selfie Trend That's Sweeping Social Media

This trend just kicked off recently and caused a spike in downloads of FaceApp, a facial editing tool that allows one to edit how they look in photos by changing the features of their face. It has gained much attention on social media because of the "old face" filter which shows you how you might look like when you get older.

We don't know who kicked off the trend, but the app has earned a spike in downloads this week thanks to the popularity of its 'old face' filter which gives users an idea of what they might look like in their golden years.

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Strong ass old man face and upper body 😂😂😂😂

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It isn't just the images that you give the Russian company that made the app, but the entire contents of your phone, "irrevocably and in perpetuity".
Nope. I'd say "read the eula's!", but I read it took some lawyer 3 days to read the entire thing before finding the clause allowing this abject BS.
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You'll be consenting in the EULA that the company can use your image any way they see fit **in perpetuity** so expect your mug to be on a billboard advertising Viagra pills. Most likely your images will be used to train AI in facial recognition. Didn't anyone bother to ask why is it free? Answer is, you're the product.
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So... is this FaceApp stealing a lot of face recognition? and is someone going to use it to use Deep Fake Technology to have people saying things they never would to endorse presidential candidates in 2020???
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