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jjn2009
11 days ago
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The FBI considers FaceApp to be a potential counte...
Seems like that information is already largely public just not linked publicly to your phone information.
adrr
11 days ago
Is there a public database of images of people with names? Police don’t even have that.
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knzhou
11 days ago
You mean the digital equivalent of a big book full of people's names and faces? That's an exact description of Facebook.
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adrr
10 days ago
Can Russia buy all facebooks data? How would their intelligence agency get photos and corresponding names from Facebook?
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knzhou
10 days ago
For almost all people, name and profile picture are set public. It's an incredibly tiny fraction of all the data, which is why I'm amused at all the uproar. There really is very little you can do with that information.
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