18-01-2019 19:14 via theguardian.com

Think the #10YearChallenge is fun? It’s a surveillance nightmare | Arwa Mahdawi

The online craze for posting portrait photos from today and 10 years ago may seem harmless, but facial recognition software makes it sinister
Have you done the #10YearChallenge? It’s the latest internet craze and involves posting a picture of yourself from 2009 next to a picture of yourself in 2019. I’m not exactly sure why that’s a challenge, but there you go.While this may seem like just another silly meme, some have asked whether it could have a more sinister side. Kate O&rs
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