FaceApp gets federal attention as Sen. Schumer raises alarm on data use
It's been hard to get away from FaceApp over the last few days, whether it's your friends posting weird selfies using the app's aging and other filters, or the brief furor over its apparent (but not actual) circumvention of permissions on iPhones. Now even the Senate is getting in on the fun: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has asked the FBI and the FTC to look into the app's data handling practices. In order to operate the application, users must provide the company full and irrevocable access to their personal photos and data.
