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As Russian “FaceApp” gobbles up user photos, Schumer asks FBI to investigate
- hpoe 7y agoI get that this is a legitimate privacy concern, and that it fits into the larger narrative tech, but as an American I am just wondering when we are going to get over our Russophobia, I mean the Cold War has been over for more than a quarter century now, and although I do agree that Russia isn't a particularly moral international actor, and their current leader exhibits a more than questionable concern about how human rights are viewed I am having a hard time believing that every single thing done by a Russian person is inherently a security risk. I see this more as a Russian guy figured out that people like apps that show them what they would look like when they are older, started a company and is now trying to make a quick buck; but I could be wrong maybe this is a nefarious attempt by the USSR to compile a database of US pictures the CEO of the company is actually a KGB sleeper agent and the ultimate plan is to march down Capital Avenue waving the Hammer and Sickle and singing the anthems to the glorious Soviet motherland. Am I alone in this, or is anyone else feeling that this is getting to be a little over the top?