Taipei [Taiwan], February 11 (ANI): A Taiwanese official has cautioned people of Taiwan against using a Chinese face-swapping app, saying that the applications could use the data for financial fraud or create personal files for Chinese law enforcement.
The app, called Quyan, has gained popularity among young Taiwanese. It uses a photograph uploaded by a user to edit their face onto celebrities, creating deep fakes videos that make the users look like actors.
The app was developed by Shenzhen Xinguodu Intelligence Co, also known as Nexgo, which create hardware and software for processing electronic payments, including biometric services.
After conducting an investigation of the app, a national security official said it poses grave security threat, especially as it requires facial recognition and e-mail verification to use, Taipei Times reported on Monday.
A national security official yesterday cautioned against using the Chinese face-swapping app Quyan (去演), saying that the data it collects could be used for financial fraud or to create personal files for Chinese law enforcement.
The app, which has gained popularity among young Taiwanese, uses a photograph uploaded by the user to edit their face onto actors in television dramas, creating “deepfake” videos that make the user look like an actor in the series.
One user on Nov. 25 last year left a comment on the Apple App Store questioning the safety of using Quyan, saying that after registering, they discovered an
‘GRAVE THREAT’: As users must verify their e-mail, data collected through Quyan could be used with biometric data to make payments, a national security official saidBy Chen Yu-fu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Fines crackdown ordered
By Lee Hsin-fang and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday instructed officials to pursue payment of fines by people who breached quarantine conditions “as an example to others,” after a report revealed that only 28 percent of the total amount had been paid.
In a report to the Executive Yuan, the Administrative Enforcement Agency said that as of Monday, 1,390 people had been issued fines by local governments for breaching quarantine regulations, incurring NT$177.69 million (US$6.25 million) in total fines.
Of them, 568 have paid NT$48.99 million, or 41 percent of the fines issued and 28 percent of the total amount, the Ministry of Justice agency said.