NewProfilePic app

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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…

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?

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 ...

Thousands of people have uploaded their pictures to the NewProfilePic app with no idea that their pictures are going to Moscow.

‘It is the former Moscow address of the founder of the company. Dare to be different, with a profile pic that reflects your current mood or state of mind. ‘It is true that the domain was registered to the Moscow address,’ she added.

A spokesperson for Photo Lab, the Linerock brand that operates NewProfilePic, said the claims being made against the app are not true, and Snopes and “found ...

Other apps also collect a significant amount of user data. For instance, TikTok says that it collects users’ email addresses, phone numbers, browsing history, and their approximate location. That information may be used for advertising, product personalization, and other functions of the app, according to the app’s privacy details in the App Store Some of that data is collected by the app but not linked to a user’s identity, the policy says, including user ID and device ID data, advertising data, crash data, product interaction information, and a user’s photos and videos, according to the policy. According to the app’s privacy policy on the App Store, NewProfilePic may collect some data that “may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies.” That data includes “identifiers” or your “device ID,” advertising data, crash data, and “product interaction,” the policy says. According to Snopes.com, claims began to spread around the internet that the app was installing malware onto users’ devices, that its parent company was based in Moscow and sending information to the Kremlin, and that the app was illegally stealing other information from users’ phones.

The profile picture generator allows users to convert profile pictures into cartoon artwork.

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.