The worry seems to hinge on the fact that in order for the app to work, the user must grant the app access to the photos on your phone - just like you have to with Instagram or a billion other apps. So much so that US Senator Chuck Schumer has called for the FBI to investigate the app.Īnd there are many posts going viral on Facebook and other social media urging users to approach the app with caution. So this is the important question! As quickly as the app has gone viral, so have the privacy worries. The best iPhone apps we've used in 2019.

The best Android apps to download in 2019.Run a photo of someone who is old now from when they were young, and FaceApp is unlikely to produce an image which looks exactly like them now. The results are pretty impressive - if not entirely accurate. This is a new technique that is increasingly ubiquitous in computing.Įssentially, rather than try to explain to a computer what it means to age - and describe using code what a wrinkle, grey hair or Werther's Originals are - the computer will figure them out for itself by being 'trained' with thousands of other photos of old people. The app works its magic by using the power of machine learning. (Image credit: Future) How does FaceApp work?

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