Experts believe the Facebook app is sending data to Russia, with the company behind it based in an apartment complex overlooking the Moscow River
Facebook users are being warned against a New Profile Pic app which some experts believe is sending data to Russia.
The app uses facial-recognition technology, allowing users to modify the picture they upload and create a new image they can share on social media.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been updating their profile pictures via the new app in the latest online trend, but many are unaware that their information, including photographs, is being sent to a company registered in Moscow.
What is the New Profile Pic app?
The New Profile Pic app (also known as NewProfilePic Picture Editor) uses artificial intelligence to turn profile pictures into atwork, finding key points on an image of your face and creating a new version.
The app, which already boasts tens of thousands of users, can be downloaded to mobile devices and allows the sending of data, including your location and access to other social media images on your feeds.
Some experts believe the app is sending people’s photographs and data straight to the Kremlin as Linerock Investments, the firm behind it, is based next to the Russian Ministry of Defence three miles outside Red square, according to the Mail Online.
The company’s data policy says: “We collect certain personal information that you voluntarily provide to us.
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