The trend of creating animated photos has appeared in Vietnam for a long time, but it took off at the end of August. On social networks, many people share photos in Japanese animation style (anime) created from real photos of Japanese artists. Surname. Loopsie application and another AI photo editing application each rose to the top of the list of most downloaded apps in Vietnam on the App Store and Google Play.
At a meeting on the afternoon of September 6, the Department of Information Security – Ministry of Information and Communications said: “The use of photo editing applications that provide photos of personal faces has many potential risks.”
Mr. Nguyen Duy Khiem, representative of the Department of Information Security, spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thao Anh
According to Mr. Nguyen Duy Khiem, representative of the Department of Information Security, this type of application always requires users to provide images, and may also request access to photo archives, phone cameras and some other rights. If the user agrees, the service provider can collect information about face, appearance and some personal information such as email, phone number, and then process it for different purposes.
Meanwhile, facial data is one of the important data today, which can be used to authenticate accounts. With deepfake technology, facial data can be used to create fake images that copy other people’s portraits. “From this connection, we assess that the use of these photo editing applications poses a potential risk of information insecurity,” Mr. Khiem said.
According to the Department’s representative, there are two scenarios in which crooks can take advantage of facial data: using it to steal accounts in applications that require facial authentication and creating deepfake calls impersonating friends. , relatives to entice money transfer. This is also one of the popular online scams that the Department has warned about recently.
In addition to the photo editing applications that have emerged recently, the Department also emphasized that facial data collection can take place in photos users share publicly online. “You should limit posting images and personal information on social networks,” Mr. Khiem said.
Selfie photos are recreated in anime form by the Loopsie application. Photo: Ngoc Anh
If using photo editing applications, especially photo creation using AI, which has become popular recently, he recommends that users need to be selective, look for reputable applications, or have a competent authority evaluate them.
“Before using a certain application, users need to carefully read the terms, review access rights before clicking the accept button, and should not share private or sensitive images on these applications,” he said. speak.
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