
「曬老臉」恐洩個資
Social media is flooded with photos of people’s faces that have been digitally altered to look old thanks to FaceApp’s ageing filter.
最近社交媒體上流行使用FaceApp的老化濾鏡,幾乎人人都在分享經過修圖後變老的照片。
be flooded with~充斥著be filled with~充滿了=be full of~digital(adj.)數位的digitally(adv.)數位地;經由數位方式alter(v.)(輕微地)修改、更動、改變thanks to~多虧;幸虧;因為filter(n.)過濾器、濾鏡age(v.)使…變老;老化an ageing society高齡化社會
FaceApp, which has gone viral online, features various filters to change a person’s appearance.
最近在網路上火紅的FaceApp標榜有各式濾鏡,能改變人的外貌,
go viral在網路上瘋傳feature(v.)以…為特色;為號召appearance(n.)外表;外貌
Users simply take or upload a photo with their phones and the app’s algorithms do the rest.
用戶只需從手機上拍攝或上傳照片,應用程式的演算法就會幫忙修圖,
algorithm(n.)演算法do the rest 剩下的一手包辦
They can choose to look younger or older, swap their gender or transform their facial expression.
他們可以選擇看起來更年輕或變老、交換性別或改變臉部表情。
swap(v.)交換=exchangetransform(v.)使徹底改觀;使大變樣facial expression臉部表情
While many people are astonished by how artificial intelligence technology has advanced and how people’s looks can easily be aged by the app, some people are expressing privacy concerns.
只是在驚訝科技如此先進、容顏如此易老的同時,也有一些人開始質疑FaceApp的安全性。
while(prep.)當artificial intelligence 人工智慧=AIadvance(v.)進步=progress=make progressexpress(v.)表達
One of the major concerns is that by agreeing to the terms of service, users grant FaceApp ownership of images used in the app as well as the freedom to use, reproduce, alter and publish them.
其中一個主要疑慮是,同意應用程式的服務條款後,用戶便授予FaceApp對應用程式中使用圖像的所有權,以及使用、複製、更改和發布圖像的自由。
major(adj.)主要的minor(adj.)次要的;不重要的agree to~同意terms of service服務條款ownership(n.)擁有權image(n.)影像as well as~除了…之外;還有;和=in addition to~reproduce(v.)複製publish(v.)出版;發布
What’s more worrying is that the app might copy data from a user’s mobile phone album, location, messages, and so on.
更令人擔心的是,應用程式可能會複製用戶手機相簿、位置、訊息等的數據。
worrying(adj.)更令人擔心的是album(n.)相簿location(n.)地點and so on等等=and so forth
Marc Boudria, vice president of technology of Hypergiant, a US-based tech and defense company that offers AI products and services, said it is likely that FaceApp is designed to trick users into giving away data.
提供AI產品和服務的美國科技和武器公司Hypergiant的技術副總經理Marc Boudria表示,FaceApp可能專門被設計來誘騙用戶透露個資,
be designed to RV. 被設計來trick sb. into doing 欺騙某人做某事;使某人上當give away洩漏;透露
“You just sent them close-up, well-lit images of your face. Now they know your name and vital details and can create an annotated image record of you as a human.”
「你剛給他們發了特寫、臉上光線充足的照片,再加上你的名字和重要細節,他們就可以針對你個人創建附上文字註解的圖像紀錄。」
close-up(n.)特寫well-lit(adj.)光線充足的vital(adj.)必不可少的、極其重要的vital signs 生命跡象vital organs 重要器官annotated(adj.)有加註解的