FaceApp
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FaceApp is a mobile-based app that enables users to transform their facial photographs, enabling them to appear younger or older, add a smile, facial hair or glasses, change eye colour, hairstyle or gender, or become 'hot'.
Released in January 2017, the app quickly became popular, with over a million people downloading it in the two weeks after its launch.Β
In March 2023, FaceApp had over 500 million downloads, according to its website.Β
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Website: FaceApp π
Released: 2017
Operator: FaceApp Technology
Developer: Yaroslav GoncharovΒ
Purpose: Transform faces
Type: Facial transformation
Technique: Deep learning; Neural network; Machine learning
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Questions have been raised about FaceApp's privacy and security practices and its perceived bias towards racial and ethnic minorities and LGBTQ and transgender people, the latter due to their ability to realistically simulate the appearance of a person as the opposite gender.
Concerns have also been raised about the misuse of people's facial data for fraud and other purposes, including selling to illicit markets that use selfies to gain access to bank accounts.
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Type: System
Published: March 2023
Last updated: December 2024