Its growing popularity is due to the fact that people started the #YearBookChallenge trend on social networks, where they share their recreations, but the app has access to a series of user data.
First of all, you should consider that this is not a free application, but you need to pay about four dollars to have the block of images in 24 hours or 7 dollars to have them available in a couple of hours.
Its operation is based on delivering between eight and 12 photographs of the user in order to deliver the “yearbook”. However, the app requires accepting the conditions of use and privacy policies. If this step is not followed, it cannot even be opened.
The dangers of this application are based on three verticals, according to its policies. The first is that the images are not for single use, so they will be kept within Snow’s systems to train the technology for three years or until the user’s profile is closed.
“We may share your information with companies or organizations connected or affiliated with Snow,” the document reads, so making images with this app gives you the ability to share data with third parties.
Finally, Epik has access to users’ locations, even when they have not granted permission or when the app is not being used, which represents a risk of continuing to provide data to receive advertising.