FBI, the famous American federal agency, waited quite a while to make the announcement that many people expected from it regarding a case that "made waves" on the Internet just a few months ago. More precisely, a few months ago the internet was scandalized by the fact that the application Faceapp It uploads people's pictures to its servers in Russia without warning, and the FBI now says this is very dangerous.
The FBI received a request from an American senator to investigate the FaceApp application, and now says that it is a possible risk to the national security of the USA precisely because of the fact that it uploads pictures of citizens' faces to servers in Russia. The FBI expands the spectrum of security concerns beyond FaceApp, saying that any application developed in Russia can pose a risk to US national security, which raises many question marks.
FBI: HARD Warning, FaceApp Cataloged as a DANGER
The FBI says that any application developed in Russia is a potential risk to US national security because of the software that the country has available to access user data, including through mobile phone applications. Considering that the pictures of those who use FaceApp, or other applications, reach Russia, together with other data about the use of the application, the FBI believes that they can be accessed at any time by the government there.
"The FBI considers any mobile application or similar product developed in Russia, such as FaceApp, to be a potential counterintelligence threat based on the data the product collects, its privacy and usage policies, and the legal mechanisms available to the government Russia. which allow access to data from Russia's borders."
The FBI claims that the Federal Security Service in Russia can access any kind of communications from servers located on the territory of the country without making any request to any Internet service provider, so they have unhindered access to anything, whenever they want. Basically, the FBI is revealing what many have known for some time, namely the fact that there are applications developed in some countries where governments have unrestricted access to people's data, regardless of where it comes from.
The FBI has also issued warnings in the past about applications from Russia, and now the Americans are also turning their attention to the TikTok application, which is very popular in the US as well, except that it comes from China, a country where the government has the same unrestricted access to people's data.
