This “challenge” involves downloading a selfie-editing tool called FaceApp and using one of its filters to digitally age your face. You get a small surge of dopamine from gathering a few online likes before existential ennui sets in once again. Some media outlets picked this claim up and privacy concerns about the app began to mount. | Kenan Malik Read moreConcern escalated further when people started to point out that FaceApp is Russian. The researchers also released their data set for future research, meaning there’s no saying how that data will be used in the future.

Source: The Guardian July 18, 2019 06:00 UTC