Meitu blazing up the app store charts, but the code makes us nervous
Meitu blazing up the app store charts, but the code makes us nervous
2017-01-19
the next photo filter craze is anime
face app may too if you've been seeing
hyper-realistic anime portraits in your
social media timelines that look like
knock off sailor moon you're familiar
with me to the app uses filters to give
faces porcelain skin exaggerated eyes
and other features that make a person
look like they stepped off the pages of
their favorite manga may two isn't a new
app it's actually been around in China
since 2008 but recently it released its
cross-dimensional camera updates which
is when download started skyrocketing
some of the best uses of the app have
been pictures of people who would never
use may to getting a kawaii makeover
including Alan Rickman's Professor Snape
president-elect Donald Trump and Jack
Nicholson as Jack Torrance from the
shining there is one thing we feel
obligated to tell you though even though
may 2 is a free app there are some
concerning lines of code that you should
know about digital forensics expert
Jonathan's ajar ski shout out multiple
tweets showing the app has not one not
two but three checks for jailbroken
iPhones and it also does some other
things the App Store is not actually
supposed to allow he concluded quote may
two is a throw together of multiple
analytics and marketing / ad tracking
packages with something cute to get
people to use it unquote so while we
fully endorsed you transforming even the
grumpiest of faces into hilarious
beautiful ish anime images it's also
important to remember that free apps
usually mean that you and your data are
the price you're really paying that
being said if you decide to use me to
send me your very best anime images i'm
at ashley Esqueda on twitter beacon
humans
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