Risk of personal information disclosure from photo collage trends

Recently, on social networks, there is a trend of people using face-splicing apps like Faceplay, Reface, etc. to add their faces to videos , causing the risk of revealing personal information.

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It's easy to expose personal information from photo collage trends.

Unique, novel and highly entertaining applications have stimulated the curiosity of social network users. However, with the risks of information being leaked, personal account loss, personal page control taking over, etc., users need to carefully consider the necessity and be extremely careful when downloading and installing applications on their devices.

Recently, on social networks, there is a trend of people splicing their faces into available videos of applications such as Faceplay, Reface... to become models, beauty queens, beautiful girls in ancient Chinese costumes...

When typing a search on the internet, users can find dozens of applications and instructions to install them on their phones. However, not all users know that this will increase the risk of exposing personal information and images.

The face-splicing of apps into existing videos has inadvertently provided facial data to foreign apps and is easily exploited later. This is a type of technology called Deepfake.

Once they have this data, criminals can easily use that face for bad purposes on the Internet, such as adding it to videos with obscene content or faking the face to commit fraud.

In addition, in recent days, when accessing social networks such as Facebook, Tiktok, we easily encounter a series of cartoon-style images created from real photos of users. To do this, users must go through an application with artificial intelligence technology.

With this application, users will have to grant the application certain permissions such as access to photo albums, or access to location. This means that users' personal data can be exposed when uploading photos to the provider's server, or used for other purposes without the user's knowledge.

Cyber security experts from Bach Minh Joint Stock Company - Vega Corporation warn that in this case, there is a risk of information being leaked when bad guys access and collect it.

They can create scenarios and create collected images to put into technology like Deepfake to create fake photos or videos, then use them to scam victims who provide the photos...

Since the beginning of 2023, the police force has continuously warned of fraud using Deepfake technology. Subjects use personal photos to fake relatives, acquaintances, and authorities to make phone calls with pictures to deceive victims. Hundreds of victims have been deceived by this trick.

In addition, when applications are loved and downloaded by many people, there may appear copycat, similar or fake applications. Applications of unknown origin may contain malware that, when installed on the device, can take full control and perform actions such as stealing money from the user's account...

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