Actually, its a bit of a rhetorical question as we don't know much about FaceApp's owners except that their all protecting disclaimer is much like Facebook itself has attempted to have, and of course Facebook has now been caught out countless times in the last few years abusing data privacy.
Yes, photos are uploaded to FaceApp's cloud (mainly because that type of processing does not happen on an end-user device) but we also upload similarly to Snapchat, Instagram and others.
I for one don't label companies good or bad because of where they come from, I try to judge on behaviour and proven vulnerabilities. Recently we have too many companies casting stones at others where they have in the recent past themselves been cooperating with their own governments to spy on citizens or "terrorists". Allies spy on Allies and sometimes they are even caught out at it. Its how the world turns. I have yet to see any squeaky clean company that has protected its users at all costs even in the face of patriotism (maybe Apple?). Microsoft made an attempt in Ireland last year but had to surrender the data after the US CLOUD Act was passed, but MS themselves casts a few shadows over their own practices about 10 years or so back during the XP days.
I give everyone a chance until they have proven me wrong. It's either that or I'm just anti-hysteria...
#privacy #faceapp
#^FaceApp Makes Today’s Privacy Laws Look Antiquated
Cameras are everywhere, and data brokers are vacuuming up information on individuals. But regulations have not kept pace.
source https://gadgeteer.co.za/node/3376
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