'The FBI considers any mobile application or similar product developed in Russia, such as FaceApp, to be a potential counterintelligence threat,' the agency said in a letter to a Sen. Chuck Schumer.
the app relies on third-party cloud providers, including the aforementioned Google and Amazon, to process photos due to limited processing resources on most smartphones. The software's privacy policy was updated December 2.
He said:"For Amazon Web Services we specify the U.S. as the data storage location, for Google Cloud Platform, we specify data storage at a location closest to you when you use the app. "The app only uploads to the cloud the photographs that users specifically selected for editing. Photos are temporarily cached on the cloud servers during the editing process and encrypted using a key stored locally on the user's device,""Photographs remain in the cloud for a limited period of 24-48 hours after users have last edited the photograph, and are then deleted along with editing data associated with the photograph.
"After the chaos in the 2016 presidential election... the message seems to be everything Russian should be off limits because they cannot be trusted in 2020," Orozco told-installed with Russian apps, they might be trying to get ahead of the storm. There could potentially be more Russian-made apps and devices entering the market. There is no evidence thatis a Russian spy app, but it became popular very fast, even among celebrities and politicians.
"Which also could explain the 'be careful' messaging. Reading through some of the app reviews, right now I think this app is after people's wallets rather than their selfies. The message should be: be careful of all the apps you use, whether it be made in the U.S., Russia, anywhere," Orozco said.KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty
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