Experts raise security concern over Russian aging app ‘FaceApp’

The ‘FaceApp’ viral trend which takes your picture and re-imagines you with an extra 50 years on the clock may be exposing its users to its Russian developers.

Experts are warning of security concerns with FaceApp, made in 2017, which puts a filter over your face, as it has permanent access to your photos.

Concerns focus around a questionable clause in the app, which can access, store and use images from your camera roll, without your permission.

The free service uses artificial intelligence to edit a picture in your phone gallery and transforms the image into someone double or triple your age.

It can also change your hair colour, allow you to see what you look like with a beard, swap genders and even look younger.

FaceApp is currently one of the most downloaded apps for both iOS and Android, as #faceappchallenge posts have taken over social media.

But with the surge in popularity, some have raised questions about how secure our user data is and what it does with user’s photos.

The terms and conditions of the app essentially gives FaceApp access to use, modify, adapt and publish any images that you offer up in exchange for its AI.

James Whatley, a strategist from Digitas. UK, posted an excerpt on his Twitter page.

It reads: ‘You grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable… royalty-free… license to use, adapt, publish, distribute your user content… in all media formats… when you post or otherwise share.’

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