Applications Edit Photos "Meitu" is Intricate, But There's a Strange
Sunday, January 22, 2017 | 16:03 WIB
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Sample photos before and after using Meitu app
KOMPAS.com - Android and iOS Application Store has a variety of photo editing applications that entertain users. One of them is an application called Meitu, made by a group of developers from China.
It is now popularly used by people in various countries, including Indonesia. Processed photos using this application is now flooded Twitter.
But behind the popularity Meitu, this application was to save concerns related to personal data users, as summarized KompasTekno from Cnet, Sunday (22/1/2017).
Change the photo to anime
Applications Meitu popular because it is able to change the user's face so patterned anime characters. Its use is quite easy. Just sign in to the Android or iOS app store, find Meitu and install it on your phone.
Next open the application. Inside, you'll find some features that are already embedded in photo editing apps, such as Beautify, Edit, or Collage.
There are also features that can change the facial image to be like an anime character, ie thick eyelids with irises and large pupils as well.
If you want to make your face an anime-like character, you can choose a feature called Hand-Drawn. Look for photos that contain a face in it, it can be your own face or someone else.
Then, choose the type of change you want. It offers several types of editing options, namely Angelic, Blossom, Fairy Tale and New Year. All of these types alike change their faces into animations, but with different shapes, backgrounds and nuances.
But there are things to note. The new can scan human face only, so it can not read or scan the face of animals, doll toys, or other objects.
In addition, although using a male face photo, this application will still make it look pretty anime ala. So if you're a man with a mustache, like the photo above, then the result is a beautiful anime figure who has a mustache.
However, Meitu application is quite interesting to use play to change the look of the face. You can download Meitu for Android via this link, or iOS version at the following link.
There is something strange"
Although fun, there are "weirdness" in Meitu that must be wary. Because, when users download it from the app store, the application automatically asks permission to access a number of things that are not related to the photo editing feature.
Permissions requested include camera access, phone location, read phone status and identity, internal storage memory, overall network access, note running applications on the phone, to change the phone's audio settings.
Speculation in circulation states that all permissions are taken by Meitu because it sells personal information users to advertising companies.
Meitu actions that ask for so much access, when he is just a photo editing app is strange. But the allegation that the user's personal data will be sold to advertisers is still speculative and there is no proof.
Meitu itself has released an official statement to answer the concerns of its users. According to them, the company requested access and collect that much data as compensation for blocking certain services belonging to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in China.
Typically, according to Meitu, the Google Play Store and Apple App Store provide data and tracking services that app developers need. However, since the developer is located in China, and the state policy prohibits the collection of such data by both app stores, they must manually request it to the user