NewProfilePic app

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#NewProfilePic: Warning issued over viral app which hoovers data ... (Daily Mail)

Internet users have been warned not to use a New Profile Pic app as it sends the personal data, including facial recognition photographs to a company based ...

to speed up further processing of the same photos'. They added that the images are deleted after two weeks. However, many will be unaware that the company behind the app, Linerock Investments, is based in an apartment complex overlooking the Moscow River, beside Russia's Ministry of Defence and just three miles from Red Square. According to the new app's promotional material: 'The world around us is fast-paced and always evolving. Dare to be different, with a profile pic that reflects your current mood or state of mind. 'The NewProfilePic app lets you change your user image style as often as you want.

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Is 'New Profile Pic' App a Russian Malware Scam? (Snopes.com)

There's little evidence to suggest that this app is any more invasive in its collection of user data than other apps.

The claim that this app is stealing data for the Kremlin is also unsupported by evidence. It is also worth reiterating that this app didn’t come from a new company, and New Profile Pic isn’t their first app. In sum, the claim that this app is unusually invasive is untrue. New Profile Pic was created by a mobile development group called Informe Laboratories, Inc., and copyrighted by Linerock Investments LTD, according to the listings in Google’s and Apple’s app stores. When claims started circulating that the New Profile Pic app was some sort of scam, many people shared screenshots of the app’s privacy policy. As people post photos from this new app, a piece of mobile software that uses artificial intelligence to create profile pics that look as if they had been painted, messages started circulating on social media claiming that this app was some sort of Russian malware scam.

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Does Facebook have the 'New Profile Pic' feature as app goes viral? (HITC)

Facebook is flooded with users' profile pictures that appear as paintings. We have all the details related to the New Profile Pic app.

Facebook users are among many across the world that are actively using pictures created on the app. Or, you can simply download the final image from the app or the site and can use it as your profile picture on Facebook. You can still create a painting-like image of yourself either on the app or the website and directly share it on your feed.

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New Profile Pic app: How to get artsy selfies and is it safe (Pocket-lint.com)

Here is everything you need to know about the New Profile Pic image editing app, including whether experts think the app is safe for you to use.

That will give you the opportunity to save it locally to your device or send to Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Snapchat, and other apps installed on your device. Under there, you can search a celebrity's name to find a photo of them to edit in New Profile Pic. But a Linerock Investments spokesperson has already confirmed to the media that the app's website domain was once registered in Moscow. That's because the company's founder had lived in the country. Once you got permissions all sorted, the main screen of the app will open and ask you to choose a photo. It also asks for permission to send notifications, and later, for permission to access your photos. People everywhere are sharing on social media their photos that they've edited with New Profile Pic. The app uses artificial intelligence to easily and quickly create profile pics that look as if they had been painted.

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New Profile Pic app: Is Russia collecting personal data from ... (The Scotsman)

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“Regardless of where they are based, I would always err on the side of caution when handing over sensitive data as once it has gone it is virtually impossible to gain control of it back.” They said: “The address on Moscow River is the address of lawyers who registered the company. However, a spokesperson told the Independent top management of the company is not based in Russia.

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Is New Profile Pic a scam? What is app, is it safe, is data sent to ... (NationalWorld)

Experts believe the Facebook app is sending data to Russia, with the company behind it based in an apartment complex overlooking the Moscow River.

A spokesperson from the new app told the Mail Online: "We are a BVI company with development offices in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus," and said they do not share any user information in a way that is not listed in their privacy policy. Is the New Profile Pic app a scam? Hundreds of thousands of people have been updating their profile pictures via the new app in the latest online trend, but many are unaware that their information, including photographs, is being sent to a company registered in Moscow.

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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram users told to 'delete' NewProfilePic ... (centralfifetimes.com)

Social media users have been urged to exercise caution when using the popular NewProfilePic app over fears it could be linked to data theft.

The app as dominated social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the past week and is currently the most popular free app on Apple’s App Store. Social media users have also shared warnings with one urging users to delete the app immediately. Social media users have been urged to exercise caution when using the popular NewProfilePic app over fears it could be linked to data theft.

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New Profile Pic app: Is Russia collecting Facebook users' personal ... (The Scotsman)

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What Facebook data is being collected on the New Profile Pic app? What is the New Profile Pic Facebook app? Is New Profile Pic connected to Russia? Is it a scam?

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Is the New Profile Pic app a scam? Why there have been safety ... (iNews)

NewProfilePic, launched the company PHO.TO, is a mobile phone picture editing application that can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.

“We understand that due to the current events in Ukraine, any connection to Russia could raise suspicions. “I personally was born in USSR in Moscow and moved to Krivyi Rih being two months old. “It is true that the domain was registered to the Moscow address. By now the address has been changed in order to avoid any confusion. The app’s website states: “The world around us is fast-paced and always evolving. Let it be different, always new and…

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Facebook users warned over New Profile Pic app 'sending data to ... (Blackpool Gazette)

The app uses facial-recognition technology, allowing users to modify the picture they upload and create a new image that they can share on social media.

A second user said: "NewProfilePic app is Russian owned and likely to contain ransomware." The company’s data policy says: “We collect certain personal information that you voluntarily provide to us." Is the New Profile Pic app a scam?

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Should you worry about 'New Profile Pic' app information going to Russia? Here's what an expert says (KOAT Albuquerque)

It's called the "New Profile Pic" app. You may have seen your friends on social media use it recently to create a cartoon version of themselves. Some have speculated on if the app has malicious origins. Advertisement. Information was circulating online ...

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