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- [Narrator] Have you ever wanted

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to take a glimpse at the future you?

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The latest social media
trend is doing just that,

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and some aren't too happy
with what they're seeing.

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The returning viral
sensation called FaceApp,

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is a facial recognition program

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that allows users to edit their photos

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and make themselves appear years younger,

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or older with just one tap.

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Approximately 12 million
users have downloaded

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the app in the past few days.

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App uses artificial intelligence to map

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and recognize a person's facial features.

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- The biggest thing is
you wanna be cautious

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with the amount of
information you're sharing,

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and the type of information
that you're sharing.

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Also a good thing with it, is knowing how

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and where it might be
used, either by the app

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or third parties that are
also involved with the app.

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- [Narrator] FaceApp was developed

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by a small Russian-based team,

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and is now raising security concerns

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surrounding it's terms and conditions.

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The issue comes from skipping
past the user agreement,

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allowing access to photos
and personal information.

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Information that service members

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are continually encouraged to keep secure.

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- I know, in the military

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we have an annual Cyber
Awareness training that we do,

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also the Department of
Homeland Security has a lot

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of resources out there available.

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They have Stop, Think, Connect,

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and that is their cyber awareness as well

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and so we just gotta be careful

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with the things that we click on,

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the things that we look at,

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the things that we share on social media,

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or on the internet.

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So, based on the position

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and the part you play in the military,

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it's best to just practice
avoiding, at all costs,

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these apps or social media sites

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where you give away too much information.

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That way, it just protects yourself,

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protects your family,
and protects the country.