Faceapp is back on the crest of the wave. The well-known application capable of transforming the face in photos in many different ways, all incredibly realistic, is a real catchphrase these days on social networks. The occasion is the launch of the filter gender swap gratuito, which allows you to change the genre of the subjects in the images. There have been many shares in these hours and the new attention has brought back the fears of last year for data management. But what's true?
FaceApp, the risks of facial recognition
He spoke precisely on this issue Fabio Assolini, senior security analyst at Kaspersky, one of the most important companies in the field of cybersecurity. Man has reassured users, clarifying that there are no inherent harmful elements in the application. However you have to stay very careful in general, how you manage your image and how you share it with third parties.
Very often, in fact, this aspect is not taken into account when using this or other applications. However, given the role that often the facial recognition plays in authentication (for example with mobile devices) it would be good practice to be very cautious: "We must treat these new forms of authentication as if they were passwords, since any widely used facial recognition system can end up in the wrong hands".
In short, if Faceapp in itself it is safe, it can be risky to provide one's image in this way to subjects who could exploit it to provide these images to entities that use AI for facial recognition. This is without taking into account the additional risks: “Furthermore, it must be taken into account that this data is stored on third-party servers and could also be stolen by cybercriminals and used for identity theft“.
The solution? Relying only on official sites and stores, consider facial recognition as if it were one Password and read carefully the privacy conditions. A factor that is still too underestimated explains Assolini: “According to what emerged from a recent survey by Kaspersky, there are still many users who do not read the terms of use of the applications and do not think about how their data can be used“.
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