- (FBE) So today, we're going to be talking about an app
that has recently gone viral. - An app?
- (FBE) Mm-hmm. - Okay.
- (FBE) So, this app is called Twinning.
- Twinning. Never heard of it.
- (FBE) And it matches up your face with a celebrity look-alike.
- Oh! That'll be interesting. Okay.
- Ohh! I think I've seen people use this.
Oh my gosh. I feel like that concept
has been around for a long time, though.
- (FBE) Well, today, you have the opportunity to try out the app.
However, the thing is that when you upload your picture,
it archives your photo, and it becomes available
to an online storage bucket. People quickly discovered the URL
was easily accessible and becomes downloadable by everyone.
- I feel-- mm, I feel like I can-- can they do that?
I don't know. It doesn't seem right to me.
And I feel like that can bring up a lot of fraud.
- I've been on this show since I was about 10 or 11,
so my face is on the internet. You know what I mean?
So, it's like-- for me, it's like, eh.
- (FBE) After hearing that, does it still make you wanna try it?
- Yeah. My face is already on YouTube, so I guess we're chilling.
- Yeah, sure. I don't see why not.
- The internet freaks me out. I don't really know
what it can and can't do.
But I know that my social media is public
- Yeah, my face is already around. I can't really stop anybody
from going on my Instagram and taking those,
so I might as well be comfortable with this.
- (FBE) Well, actually, they since fixed the problem.
So, you can use it without worrying about your photo being accessible.
- Okay. That's good. (chuckles)
- (FBE) So, before you submit, do you have a celebrity look-alike
in mind that you think's gonna pop up?
- My mom always says I look like Brad Pitt, so...
(snickers) It'd be funny if that was actually there.
- Jennifer Aniston. But I think it might be
because we just have blonde hair and blue eyes.
- Usher was one I used to get all the time.
And Michael B. Jordan from "Black Panther." (laughs)
I can probably look like him a little bit.
- (FBE) So, we're gonna have you try this out.
So first, you gotta take a selfie.
- Actually, that's not that bad. I'll use that one.
- One sec.
(snickers) I look like a literal peanut.
Okay, that's fine.
- What if I get a man? That'd be embarrassing. (laughs)
- I'll try the one with the smile just because I look the best
in that one. And... sent.
Hang tight. This will take a minute or so.
- Damn, I'm excited to see what they're gonna give me.
I hope they don't give anyone really outlandish...
- Oh! Okay. Noel Wells.
I don't know who this person is, but it says that it's an 81% match.
Okay, interesting. - It says 76 match, Song Hye...
I don't know how to say her last name. (giggles)
- Maddox Jolie-Pitt.
No clue who that is.
- What the? Who is this?
Terrence J? Actually, I can actually
see it a little bit. The nose for sure.
- First one is Ryan Potter,
who I don't even know who the hell that is.
- Gaby Hoffmann?
(snickers)
- (FBE) There's a few other people if you wanna scroll down, too.
- DJ Cassidy?! How?!
Hill Harper?! HOW?!
- Israel Broussard. I don't know who that is either.
- Eddie Kaye Thomas. Sheryl Sandberg.
Someone's actually told me that I look like Sheryl Sandberg.
- Abigail Breslin. (gasps) Oh, oh!
She was a child actor. I've actually never gotten this comparison,
but it's not too far off.
- (gasps) Noo! Tyler James Williams from "Everyone Hates Chris"! (laughs)
Oh my god!
They didn't do that to me.
- Shawn Mendes.
(sarcastic) How-- how great is that. How great!
- Roshon Fegan. I don't see it with this one.
I feel like all these guys have a 'stache going on,
and I can't grow one. (laughs)
- Mmmm, I don't feel like I look like any of them. (laughs)
- I got Scott Baio! (chuckles) What's funny is my dad
is really good friends with Scott Baio.
- Jimmy O. Yang! I'm [bleep] dead! (laughs)
Ah, I love Jim. He was great in "Crazy Rich Asians," though.
- The Tyler James Williams I can kinda see.
And the Terrence J makes more sense.
- Agnieszka Grochowska.
And Lily Collins. Wow.
Talk about ending on a high note. (chuckles)
- (FBE) That's a good one. - I'm obsessed with her.
That's such a compliment. Wow.
This has really just taken me on a roller coaster.
I've still no idea who I look like.
- (FBE) So, are you happy with the results
of the Twinning site overall?
- I feel like they could've done better.
- The Terrence J, he looks like he could get women,
so, I mean, I'm not hating too much. The Tyler James one is...
it's a-- it's all right.
- Suuure. Yeah. I don't know.
This was interesting, 'cause I don't really
compare myself to celebrities that often.
- Not really. I mean, they're all pretty.
They're all beautiful women. But I don't think I look
like any of 'em, so I think it kind of
didn't work out for me. (giggles)
- The sad part is the ones that I'm kind of dismayed about,
(chuckles) looking, I see the resemblance.
It's just like, "Oh. Aww." (laughs)
- (FBE) So now that you've used it, why do you think this went so viral?
- Because people are like, "Oh, who is my celebrity look-alike?"
And they get all excited, and then they see who
they look like, and then everyone's like, "No."
It works and this person's like, "Oh, it didn't work,"
so then everyone's gonna try it out more.
- It's entertainment, but it's entertainment
that involves ourselves. And everyone loves themselves,
so this is those two together.
- (FBE) Finally, now that you've played around with this,
what are your thoughts on how people will jump on these apps
without doing any prior research? Like in this case where people
were taking selfies without knowing that there was a privacy concern.
What do you think about using features within apps
without knowing if they're indeed secure?
- Yeah, I mean, I feel like stuff like--
whenever you do anything online,
you have to sort of be wary of that stuff.
- If you don't want your information on the internet like this,
then don't do it. It's as simple as that.
- If you believe that far into privacy,
you might as well believe-- cover the camera
so the NSA doesn't track you.
I think people definitely need to be careful
before they just post a picture on a random website
that they're not familiar with. But I do think going on an app
like this is usually intentionally harmless.
You just wanna have fun, so you don't think about,
"Oh, my picture could be shared," or "My privacy could be disrupted."
We need to be more cautious of where we're putting our picture
and where our content is going.
- Hi, guys! JC here, producer here on the React Channel.
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