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To FaceApp or not to FaceApp That the question the internet struggled with last week as it rode a rollercoaster of reactions to the latest social media challenge. FaceApp kicked off last week with the internets latest viral obsession upload your photo and watch yourself age instantaneously. By Wednesday, concerns had surfaced that millions of people may have inadvertently exposed their data to a surveillance state. While celebrities were lobbing this social media challenge at each other, tech reporters began to remind users of FaceApps history. Two years
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