Khaberni - A new trend has swept social media platforms in recent days, transforming personal photos into satirical caricature drawings using artificial intelligence techniques.
This trend appears harmless and fun on the surface, but it conceals significant digital and security risks, according to information security experts.
Specialists confirm that these applications do not merely convert the image into a caricature, but analyze it deeply through advanced algorithms, extracting precise features related to the user, such as likely profession, lifestyle, professional environment, and sometimes indirectly, social class.
Experts warn that the uploaded photos are not necessarily deleted after processing; they may be stored for undisclosed periods, or used in training artificial intelligence models, or shared with third parties according to unclear user policies.
The greatest danger lies in dealing with biometric data, where facial features can be exploited in identity theft, deepfakes, or building a permanent digital fingerprint that may later be used in fraud or cyber extortion.
Given the widespread popularity of this trend, cybersecurity experts urge caution, careful reading of privacy policies, not uploading high-resolution photos, and always questioning the real price of a fleeting digital pleasure that could turn into a long-term threat to privacy.
