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badrunaway | 1 year ago

Recently someone I know got a call where they mimicked their child's voice using AI and asked them to send immediate money otherwise child will be in danger. This has got me into thinking - my parents would also do the same for me/ and everyone's would-- add deepfake into it -- how the fuck we are support to assume people won't give emotional response? forget about personal details, people who care about you can might directly do a transfer.

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talldayo|1 year ago

> my parents would also do the same for me/ and everyone's would

Mine wouldn't? That's an obvious phone scam, they would call me directly before wiring $500 to some unproven weirdo over the phone.

> how the fuck we are support to assume people won't give emotional response?

For the same reason you assume people won't immediately become greedy when a Nigerian Prince emails them about an excellent opportunity to earn a few million dollars. Common sense has to play a part or else you're going to be manipulated with or without AI.

fragmede|1 year ago

The same attack used to get SMS 2fa tokens can be used to capture incoming calls from your parents or grand parents. How is calling "you" going to protect you?