Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready

Re:Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready by janalsncm on Sunday February 12, 2023 @11:52PM (#34770276)

I think it would. There’s a degree of expertise required to create a good deepfake. Banning it will reduce the pool of professional deepfake artists which 1) drives up the price of deepfakes and 2) makes it harder to secure good ones. And since the effectiveness of a deepfake scam depends on the quality of the deepfake, fewer people will be scammed.

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Re:Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready by andrewinardeer on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:17AM (#34770401)

People are up in arms about nation states restricting the application of cryptography which is essentially an application of mathematics. AI is also just another form of an application of mathematics with a different outcome. Seems unreasonable to ban one flavor of maths and not another.

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Re:Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready by jszymborski on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:06AM (#34770339)

> There’s a degree of expertise required to create a good deepfake.

Here's the thing, you're almost most likely to be successful as a scammer with a poor deepfake with a good deepfake.

This is why so many scams are so unbelievable in their premise (Nigerian princes , UN Lottery, etc...). Falling for the premise is a good indicator that the leads they get will turn a profit because they indicate vulnerability.

This is partly why I don't think regulation would stop much of the scamming.

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Re:Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready by janalsncm on Monday February 13, 2023 @01:31AM (#34770766)

Well, in this case the deepfake is being used to amplify the authority of the product itself. It could work for Nigerian prince scams and dubious supplements. Imagine a deepfake Nigerian prince in the email! In fact the Tinder Swindler used something similar in his scams.

So I think it does matter how authentic the deepfake appears. I’m ambivalent on whether banning the technology is a good idea or even how feasible it could be, but to the extent that deepfakes are limited I do think it would be bad for scammers.

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Re:Deepfake scams are here and we're not ready by dattmavis on Monday February 13, 2023 @12:05AM (#34770329)

Drugs are expensive for the same reasons. Most of the people who want to do them still do, just at a higher price.

Regulation is fine, but prohibition rarely works.

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