ZAO application spreads like wildfire among Android and iOS users

ZAO application spreads like wildfire among Android and iOS users

Deepfakes are often discussed and can be defined as a technique for making fake videos using AI capabilities.

This technique combines multiple images and videos of a character in order to produce a new video. At first glance, a person thinks that the video is real but is actually fake. This is what the new ZAO app, available on both Android and iOS, really does.

Through this application enables users of the operating systems mentioned earlier, to enter himself into the scenes of popular movies. It takes at least one more detailed picture.

The ZAO workflow is simple enough, so you can take a selfie that you will use to replace the actor's face in a selection of popular movies and series.After you register your personal number, the app will then copy your face even with real expressions on the chosen character. The results will therefore be impressive and surprisingly closer to reality, all of which are free and in just a few seconds.

In another context, as with the FaceApp Aging application, privacy concerns have surfaced quickly with the ZAO application.

However, the company responded by updating its application and indicated that it had changed the controversial paragraphs and would remove user-deleted content from its servers.

Apart from that, there are other fears of creating videos for the purpose of distortion and deception, especially with respect to facial recognition systems.

The company behind ZAO confirmed that it would not be possible, and also noted:

“We fully understand people's concerns about privacy, and we have received many questions in this regard, and we will correct the areas where we did not think in the coming days.”

Finally, you want to try the app yourself, you will not find it in the Google Play Store, since it is mainly marketed towards China.

So it's only available for the “APK” side download through AppGallery or Oppos and Vivo stores. The same is the case on iOS, it is available to the Chinese market through its page on the store from here.

Before concluding, we always and always take into account the privacy of users, and in this regard, we do not recommend and do not warn not even download and experience the application.

So the upload option is yours, and if you're someone who takes care of their privacy, at the moment don't try the app.

The company has made many promises to fix concerns and privacy.