FaceApp, the application to age or rejuvenate in photos

The app that allows you to retouch your photos, age them or rejuvenate them, is the new slogan of the last days and not even the stars are immune. But how does it work and what risks are there (not just self-esteem)

On social media, dozens of photos of people aged at night. Merit (or fault) of the new tech slogan: Faceapp, the application that allows you to age faces.

The results are in plain sight and the phenomenon has also hit celebrities and athletes, who have been shown to be duly (and virtually) aged for days.

FaceApp conquers the VIPs: here they are when they are old, do you recognize them?

Faceapp, what is it and how does the app to age photos work

But what is Faceapp and how does it work? It is available for Android and iOS, the basic version is free (With that it is possible to age or rejuvenate the photos) but to access better effects you have to pay a figure that ranges from 1.99 euros to 43.99 euros. In fact, there are several functions: in addition to aging, it is possible to test makeup and “hair”, background substitution, color filters, shades, virtual tattoos, style changes and even sex.

After downloading the app, just choose a photo from those saved in the smartphone gallery or take a selfie and select the type of effect you want to check.

FaceApp, the great application and privacy

Although everyone seems committed to playing “Back to the Future” (with results sometimes not exactly flattering, since not everyone can boast of seeing the results of the application that can be considered “splendid seventies”, but we will hardly see these photos out there because the place of the Dorian Gray portrait is the attic, not social networks), here the question is asked privacy– As with any app, in fact, it’s good to remember that each shot could potentially be stored on its developer’s servers. The application was launched by the Russian company Wireless Lab, founded by Yaroslav Goncharov.

The application has already existed for a couple of years, it is nothing new, and it ended up at the center of the controversy due to accusations of racism: the “hot” filter, if used by black or Asian people, changed the features and color of the skin to make them more Caucasian. On that occasion, FaceApp apologized, explaining that it was a side effect of the neutral network that artificial intelligence uses.

Don’t overdo it with #faceapp that’s a moment. pic.twitter.com/QHfI4mgX2D

– TAFFO (@taffoofficial) Jul 16, 2019