The social media trends They lead us to click on any link we see, to download apps that are gaining popularity and to enter our data on their platforms. Now, you have to be much more careful, because with the arrival of artificial intelligence our faces could be “stolen.”
That is the risk you run when entering your photos into EPIK. Actresses, actors, singers, influencers, personalities and common users are elated with this development on social media. This is an app with which you can transform your photo to look like a student from the 90s, thanks to artificial intelligence.
El País reports that the app has recorded 92.3 million downloads since it was launched in 2021. The majority were in recent weeks and its audience, which was mostly from Asia, has now grown to Europe, the United States and Latin America.
The #YearBookChallenge was the trigger for the app’s growth in the Google Play and Apple virtual stores. However, recent reports cited by the aforementioned media indicate that these types of platforms do not have sufficient security to protect user information.
In the terms and conditions of use, and the privacy policy, you are authorizing the app to collect, store and process the image of your face “to provide features, content and editing experiences.” It’s like giving them permission to do whatever they want with your face.
In fact, there are reports of teenagers who were victims of deep fakes with erotic content, made and transferred by their schoolmates, who had access to data from this type of applications that work with artificial intelligence.
In Spain remembers that just in mid-September they experienced a case of pornographic deep fakes with teenagers from a school, in the town of Almendralejo.
With the use of apps that work with AI, they took naked photos of minors and extorted them through social networks. They asked for money in exchange for not spreading these deep fakes. The confidential reported that there were 18 complaints to the police in this town, but that the victims numbered 20.
But a lawyer consulted by El País says that this type of case is not the worst that can happen to a user. The fact that an unknown app has your information is what is truly terrifying for the lawyer, expert in digital communication, Borja Adsuara.
“The danger is not so much that other people can do horrible things with your face, as was the case with Almendralejo, but what the company can do with your data. But since the result of this filter is cool, people don’t care, because they don’t see direct dangers for themselves,” the jurist told El País.
As always, the recommendation is to observe where we put our data, where we click and where we upload the photos from our galleries.