translated from Spanish: FaceApp; care unclear policies put your privacy at risk

World.-Possibly the one time you’ve encountered when you browse social media with images about what your show artists or characters would look like if they were of the opposite sex, or even images of your closest friends. We are talking about FaceApp app that will again become popular on social networks in early June, because while the application fulfills a purpose of giving a little fun to users who share their image of what they would look like of the opposite sex.
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#Selección What the Argentina national team’s cracks would look like in their female version.
Face App, the application that is trending in networks, allows you to make some magic retouches on the photos. From Messi to Dybala, what would the players on the national team look like? pic.twitter.com/H16ecAwamY — Diego Molina (@DiegolMolinaa)
June 15, 2020

The app still drags unclear policies that go unnoticed by thousands of users every day. We mean data privacy. After the viralization of the application technological experts have pointed out three points to consider before installing the famous application FaceApp.La privacy of your online activity is put at risk. The application not only captures and transforms the images selected by the user, but also, the application collects information such as pages visited, web browsing paths, most visited sites etc.

Your device information may be exposed. The model, operating system version as well as IP address associated with the location are also captured. Dissemination of personal information for public purposes. Personal information will be used to be disclosed to law enforcement, government authorities as permitted by law. So among other unclear privacy policies the same that you can read directly searched in the app store of your device on the page (www.faceapp.com/privacy-en.html).  You may also be interested:TwitchCon San Diego face-to-face format canceled by covid-19This are the movies and series coming to Netflix this weekend

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