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Re: One Click Deepfake

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Author here, sorry about that :( Such software attract all kind of people including the casuals who end up creating github issues for problems that can be solved with a single google search or reading the docs. I got tired of multiple issues regarding ffmpeg and ended up dropping this in there. Not very proud.

Swap it for "Please RTFM: https://github.com/s0md3v/roop#installation "? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM has some lighter alternatives.

Done ^_^

Re: One Click Deepfake

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Let's accelerate the AI carnage please. Now with one click!

This gets really spicy when it can be adapted to run realtime so you can map a face on a Teams call, etc. and combine with voice mapping so you can seamlessly impersonate someone for those "It's me" extortion calls to grandmas. All of those hours of Tiktoks are now an endless goldmine for scammers...

On the other hand, since you mentioned Teams, I foresee some applications in the space of faking presence on meetings on which everyone is required to have their camera turned on.

Re: One Click Deepfake

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You know the damage script kiddies do with one click solutions?

this isn't a "hacking" tool though

This is 100% a hacking and extortion/blackmail/propaganda tool. Aside from entertainment I'd love to hear of a different use case...

Re: One Click Deepfake

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How is it not? This makes something like social engineering potentially far easier. Wouldn’t that be considered a tool in the hacking toolbox?

if we follow that logic photoshop and pdf editors are hacking tools

You could use those things to assist an attack. It's been done many times. But they just don't scale. These types of tools scale. Also I'd love to see someone realtime fake their identity with Photoshop or a pdf editing tool. Seriously send me links I'd love to see it

Re: One Click Deepfake

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This gets really spicy when it can be adapted to run realtime so you can map a face on a Teams call, etc. and combine with voice mapping so you can seamlessly impersonate someone for those "It's me" extortion calls to grandmas. All of those hours of Tiktoks are now an endless goldmine for scammers...

On the other hand, since you mentioned Teams, I foresee some applications in the space of faking presence on meetings on which everyone is required to have their camera turned on.

For this you can already use a prerecorded video as a camera from OBS. The challenge is what to do when asked, and faking someone else doesn't offer any improvement for that.

Re: One Click Deepfake

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this isn't a "hacking" tool though

This is 100% a hacking and extortion/blackmail/propaganda tool. Aside from entertainment I'd love to hear of a different use case...

Aside from entertainment, what's the use of Adobe Premiere? Or Davinci Resolve? Seems odd to exempt the one use case that this is most valuable for. Look at how many Hollywood movies had their CGI improved by fans using this kind of tech and a laptop.

Now imagine what happens when indie film directors have access to the same tech, which simply requires learning these tools.

I'm not dismissing the very real and very legitimate concern about how deepfakes can be (and are being) used for blackmail, extortion, and propaganda. But I wouldn't discount the legitimate uses.

Re: One Click Deepfake

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I imagine casting directors would love a tool like this. Would make screen testing talent so much easier.

Want to cast a new actor and see what they would look like as Superman? This will do the trick

Re: One Click Deepfake

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The readme sounds angry. When you run this without ffmpeg, it prints: >python run.py ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the docs you idiot. ffmpeg is not installed. Read the d…

Author here, sorry about that :( Such software attract all kind of people including the casuals who end up creating github issues for problems that can be solved with a single google search or reading the docs. I got tired of multiple issues regarding ffmpeg and ended up dropping this in there. Not very proud.

No worries, but now it's more professional. Congratulations on your release.

Re: One Click Deepfake

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I imagine casting directors would love a tool like this. Would make screen testing talent so much easier. Want to cast a new actor and see what they would look like as Superman? This will do the trick

I won't test talent, it will show you appearance, but the performance will still be delivered like the original.
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