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FBI assesses Russian apps may be counterintelligence threat

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All mobile apps developed by Russian entities may be counterintelligence threats to the United States, the FBI has assessed in a letter sent to the Senate’s minority leader. “The FBI considers any mobile application or similar product developed in Russia … to be a potential counterintelligence threat, based on the data the product collects, its privacy and terms of use policies, and the legal mechanisms available to the Government of Russia that permit access to data within Russia’s borders,” Jill Tyson, the assistant director for the FBI’s office of congressional affairs, wrote in a letter to Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, that CyberScoop obtained. The bureau’s concerns about Russian counterintelligence operations come in response to an inquiry Schumer sent to the FBI this summer about whether Americans’ data on FaceApp was being provided to the Kremlin. The FBI has assessed that the Russian photo-aging app, which became a viral sensation earlier this […]

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FaceApp and the Friction Between Entertainment and Data Privacy

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Let’s face it, everyone wants your data.  Marketers want it so they can sell you stuff.  Foreign governments want it so they can monitor or target you. Criminals want it so they can steal for profit. Indeed, the brokering of personal d… Continue reading FaceApp and the Friction Between Entertainment and Data Privacy→

Face Off: Privacy Issues Not Confined to FaceApp

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The internet and the security community is up in arms and shocked, shocked to see that a web developer is collecting data that you share with them and processing that data in the cloud. In this case, the app is FaceApp, an application developed by an … Continue reading Face Off: Privacy Issues Not Confined to FaceApp→

FaceApp isn’t taking all of your photos, but the privacy concerns are very real

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Using FaceApp to figure out how you’ll look when you’re old and wrinkly may be the viral sensation of the week, but that fun may not be worth it once you look at the fine print. Users don’t have to explicitly click on any user agreement and aren’t forced to read through FaceApp’s privacy policy before using it, but when users apply “old” filters to their photos, they are giving FaceApp license to display their photos worldwide as well as access to location data, according to the fine print. The app does not appear to be uploading users’ full camera rolls in the background, however, as software developer Joshua Nozzi incorrectly claimed on Twitter. After downloading the app, users are prompted with an option to have FaceApp access their camera rolls. This is done so they can select photos to modify with the app. When users select a photo, the app uploads […]

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