A new app called 'NewProfilePic' generates photos that look like cartoons, but some claim the app is dangerous. whatthetech alabamanewsnetwork
If you’ve spent any time at all on Facebook in the last week you’ve probably seen lots of friends post new profile photos that look like cartoons. They’re using a new app called “NewProfilePic” that was released in April.
But along with those new photos, other friends are posting that the app is dangerous and shares personal information with Russia. Several viewers have asked whether it’s okay to use the app. I spent most of the day researching the app and the developer behind it.The app is from a company called Informe Laboratories Inc and copyrighted by “Linerock LTD”. The company is not located in Russia but it does have investors and some developers based there. Linerock LTD is also behind at least 50 other photo editing apps including “Toonface” which went viral a couple of years ago.
On its blog, the company insists it shares no information with Russia or any other government but does use the information to sell advertisements.The warnings stem from an article in the British tabloid, The Daily Mail which quoted “cyber security experts” but offered no evidence of data being shared with Russia and no evidence of users losing money to the app without permission.
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