#face_scan

So about a week ago I finally downloaded the new Face_Scan app that my friends had talked about NONSTOP for the past weeks. I saw how much fun my friends had while making videos using the apps Deep Fake mode, and I felt left out so I gave in.  My Instagram was filled with deep fake videos of me in all kinds of movies. The funnies clip was a clip from E.T where my face was printed on E.T so he looked like me. I’m surprised how good the app worked, there wasn’t any errors or bad prints, so the makers of the software had done a really good job. I became obsessed with the app, and I couldn’t put my phone down for days, that was until I started receiving weird emails. At first, I didn’t think much of it, but after a while I started reading them, and the first ones were spam but the last ones I’ve received contained warnings. Random strangers were sending out warnings about using the Face_Scan app, saying that the company behind were selling our faces and our information to other companies.

The next day I received a text from a friend of mine and he said that he also got these emails, so I started doing some research on Face_Scan apps. I quickly found out that the media had been writing tons of articles, warning people about using these types of apps and that we should read the user agreement before accepting.

Of course I hadn’t read the user agreement, I never do, but I downloaded the app on a new phone and I noticed a section in the user agreement that stated that the company could indeed use our faces and since I’ve accepted it, I cant do anything but hope that they wont use my information. I went on reddit and found a thread about the app, people were telling all kinds of stories. One guy had seen several Instagram accounts with his picture and all his information, and when he tried to rapport it, nothing happened. The account was spreading hate content in his name, but Instagram didn’t seem to have the time to fix it.

A few days later a friend of mine sent a screenshot of a Facebook user with my face on the profile photo. It didn’t contain my name, but it was still my face. . I don’t know what to do, how do you delete something you don’t have control over? Do they own my face now? Do I need to get a plastic surgery to change my appearance completely? I’ve reported the profile to Facebook, and I guess ill have to wait and see if it disappears or if more profiles appear. I’ve found a forum on 4chan with more victims, there doesn’t seem to be any solution to it, since we all clicked «accept» we all agreed to letting the company behind use our faces as they please.