AI selfie with your younger self - a dangerous trend with significant safety risks
A new “AI selfie with your younger self” trend has gone viral.
It looks innocent, and even heartwarming, but it raises serious privacy concerns.
When you upload both your current and childhood photos to an AI tool:
1. You’re handing over highly personal biometric data — your face, at two different ages.
2. Those photos can be stored, analysed, and even used to train models without your consent.
3. They can also feed profiling, deepfakes, or targeted marketing.
AI nostalgia might feel harmless, but once your data is online, you lose control over how it’s used.
For anyone who has used things like Ancestry DNA, 23 and me, etc. you might already know about how risky it is to have your private personal medical/biometric data handed off to faceless 3rd parties.
It looks innocent, and even heartwarming, but it raises serious privacy concerns.
When you upload both your current and childhood photos to an AI tool:
1. You’re handing over highly personal biometric data — your face, at two different ages.
2. Those photos can be stored, analysed, and even used to train models without your consent.
3. They can also feed profiling, deepfakes, or targeted marketing.
AI nostalgia might feel harmless, but once your data is online, you lose control over how it’s used.
For anyone who has used things like Ancestry DNA, 23 and me, etc. you might already know about how risky it is to have your private personal medical/biometric data handed off to faceless 3rd parties.
