Worried About How Faceapp Is Using Your Photos Here’s How To Delete Your Data
Nadia Grubb
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How does this compare to other social media apps? Well, a few years back, Snapchat was in hot water because users realized that they stored images on servers. They also had the FTC knocking on their door over privacy concerns and lack of security for user's images.
I will be a bit disagree on that.
There is some part that you can't avoid and they are growing numbers of these. If you like to visit Russia at one point, they will have your face and print and a and and.. OK, agree.
Yes turning off you GPS remove the location tag on your picture, but the cell tower knows almost already where you are (the phone company and local authorities on request)
If you tell me like this:
"Use this app and your will feed AI recognition Russian database in exchange of a face of you older? (They will have your email/phone number/and picture as well as a possible link to your family members and close friend around you that you will share with your own phone)."
Are you also Ok with them using this database to sell it to whoever they want for any purpose (Commercial, Gov related,.. ) without you knowing it. And this record will be kept forever in these database?
Even if you never upload your face, Google or Facebook probably can still identify you in the background of someone else's photograph. If you own an Android phone, you phone's operating system is designed by a company that collects data on you. Unless you've been living in a cave for the past 30 years, it's highly likely that your name, face, phone number, and people associated with you is out there to find. For most people, a simple search on an identity website will bring up name, phone, home address, and family members without any serious effort.
The question is not about whether your information is out there. It is whether you like it or not. The question is why you think anyone (whether it's a corporation or government) would care enough to look at YOUR personal information out of billions of a database of billions. If any individual, corporation, or government has even a modicum of interest in singling you out to delve into your personal life, you're screwed regardless of what you do. If not, then you're just another drop in an ocean of data and it really doesn't matter if a company knows that you prefer pizza to hamburgers or whether your sister graduated from Devry in 1997 because nobody is going to be looking.
I personally don't use this app because I don't care about it, but I use plenty of other apps that probably collect tons of information simply because they're functional and useful. Of course I would LOVE to have privacy, but like everyone else who has been using the internet for any length of time, companies have probably compiled quite a bit of data on me and once it's out in the wild, it's not coming back. Sure, you could choose to drop off the grid today, but that would be quite inconvenient in exchange for cutting off the flow of NEW information (they still probably have all of your family members and stuff by now).
Does anyone know what they've agreed to by putting their likeness in the Fstoppers comments, or on Facebook? It doesn't actually matter anyway - once it is uploaded, it can be snaffled, stored and used by anyone.
I'm not a particular fan of the loss of privacy, but I think that it's just a lost cause at this point so might as well just enjoy the stuff that we're paying for anyway. That genie ain't ever going back in the bottle...
I have been using computers since the early to mid 80s. One thing I learned early on is there is no such thing as cyber- privacy. Once something is placed online, it is there for good. If someone wants to find it, they can and will.
I've never used FaceApp and similar applications. As far as I know, some banks are using application for biometric identification and I think FaceApp could also send data for biometric identification systems. I'm worried about my privacy.
Here's a look at how Google and other tech giants record, save, process and use facial recognition data collected by devices such as the Nest Hub Max, as well as some suggestions for what, if anything, you can do to limit their access.
Face Match is a feature on Google's new Nest Hub Max that uses a front-facing camera and always-on facial recognition software to help it identify which household member is currently using it. It works like Android Face Unlock and Apple's FaceID, and uses software similar to what you see in Google Photos, Apple Photos and Facebook to identify people.
The Google Nest Hub Max supports multiple user profiles. Instead of a manual sign-in, Google's Face Match lets you scan your face to create a "face model," which the Nest Hub Max then uses to present personalized information about your calendar appointments, text messages and so on. It's faster and more convenient than signing in with your fingerprint or on the app.
So far, the Nest Hub Max is the first device with such always-on face detection. Other devices require some kind of trigger, such as touching the screen or pressing a physical button, as with the iPhone when activating FaceID.
The Nest Hub Max is not, however, the only device constantly paying attention to its surroundings. Google Home devices, including smart speakers, Amazon Alexa devices, and Siri-enabled devices such as the Apple HomePod as well as some iPhones and Apple Watches, all listen for trigger words to activate.
Sort of. Although Google is quick to point out that face profiles are stored and processed on the Nest Hub Max itself, it admits that it occasionally pulls facial data to the cloud to help improve "product experience." Google insists any facial data that winds up in the cloud is deleted after it's finished processing it.
Other tech companies store and share your face data to varying degrees. Basically, if you're letting a device or service record your face for any reason, chances are it will wind up in the cloud in one capacity or another.
The green light only indicates when a live feed is being uploaded, however, not necessarily when Google pulls data saved on the device, such as a face profile. Many other devices have similar visual cues to indicate that the camera is in use. It isn't clear that the camera light has any correlation to Google uploading face data.
Not likely. Clearview claims it scrapped publicly available images from social media websites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Most without those companies necessarily having been aware of Clearview's actions. In fact, one company -- Twitter -- has issued a cease and desist letter to Clearview, claiming the company has violated Twitters terms of service.
Google insists it doesn't use data collected for Face Match or Nest Cam footage to target advertisements. Apple doesn't earn revenue by selling targeted ads, which suggests that it isn't using scans of your face this way.
Some people may prefer a physical shutter, which makes it clear that the camera isn't recording your every move. Google says the Nest Hub Max's physical switch, which also disables the microphone, is "functionally equivalent" to a physical shutter.
Several. Google Photos has had facial recognition technology for a few years now. With it, you can let Google scan your photo library to help identify and tag people who appear in your photos. If you set up face unlock on Android, you're opting in to Google creating a digital map of your face. Not that, at this point, face unlock for Android isn't secure enough for mobile payments.
Facebook, who recently settled a lawsuit in Illinois over the matter, has long had facial recognition capabilities, which can alert you when other people upload photos of you. (Here's how to disable Facebook's facial recognition software now.) Apple has also used facial data for the iPhone's FaceID feature since 2018's iPhone X. The device maker acknowledges that it shares some facial data with third-party developers.
Grocery stores, pharmacies and other retail outlets are now using facial recognition technology to gather demographic data, such as age and gender, on customers visiting their stores (although many claim not to use the technology to identify or track individuals). Security systems in cities, buildings and airports now routinely deploy facial recognition programs, as do many policing agencies.
Unfortunately, not very easily. With Google Photos, you can choose not to run the facial recognition tool on your own photos, but you can't control what other people who may have uploaded photos of you decide to do.
Facebook just recently switched to an opt-in setting for allowing its software to suggest friends tag you in their photo posts, meaning the social network will no longer make such suggestions by default. But that doesn't mean Facebook isn't scanning or processing your image, only that it won't share that information with other users unless you choose to allow it.
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