Re:Ask HN: How to protect old parents from evolving AI based...
by talldayo on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @01:15PM
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So my grandparents call me, get their call intercepted by a malicious MITM. The worst-case scenario! My AI counterpart is screaming over the line, saying that my legs are only moments away from being sawed off by the mysterious phone-operator that would only identify himself as "the Butcher".
They ask me what my middle name is, and my AI counterpart stops. 10-15 seconds go by, with the halloween chain-rattling CD spinning away in the background. The AI answers correctly in stunted breath, and my grandparents hang up so they can move on with their day. They've been getting calls like this for the past 30 years trying to convince them a family member desperately needs their Social Security number over the landline. If they fall for an AI-generated voice from an unknown caller I'd be genuinely surprised. These are decades-old social engineering scripts, people.
They ask me what my middle name is, and my AI counterpart stops. 10-15 seconds go by, with the halloween chain-rattling CD spinning away in the background. The AI answers correctly in stunted breath, and my grandparents hang up so they can move on with their day. They've been getting calls like this for the past 30 years trying to convince them a family member desperately needs their Social Security number over the landline. If they fall for an AI-generated voice from an unknown caller I'd be genuinely surprised. These are decades-old social engineering scripts, people.