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Why is this research being done? Is this some kind of arms race? The only purpose of this technology I can think of is getting spies to abuse others. Am I going to have to do AuthN and AuthZ on every phone call and zoom now?
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On the other hand, if deepfaking becomes common enough that everyone stops trusting everything they read / see on the internet, it would be a net good against the spread of disinformation compared to today.
I don't see that as an outcome. We have already seen a grand erosion of trust in institutions. Moving to an even lower trust society does not sound like it would have positive consequences for discourse, public policy, or society at large.
Oh god don't watch their teeth! Proper creepy. Still, apart from the teeth this looks extremely convincing!
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On the other hand, if deepfaking becomes common enough that everyone stops trusting everything they read / see on the internet, it would be a net good against the spread of disinformation compared to today.
I don't see the extinction of trust through the introduction of garbage falsehoods to be a net good. Believing that everything you eat is poisoned is no way to live. Believing that everything you see is a lie is also no way to live.
What this is starting to reveal is that there's a clear need for some kind of chain of custody system that guarantees the authenticity of what we see. Nikon/Canon tried doing this in the past, but improper storage of private keys lead to vulnerabilities. As far as I'm aware it's never extended to video either. With modern secure hardware keys it may yet be possible. The difficulty is that any kind of photo/video mani…
I think it's practically impossible for such a system to be globally trustworthy due to the practical inevitability of "but improper storage of private keys lead to vulnerabilities" scenarios. People will expect or require that chain of custody only if all or at least the vast majority of the content they want would have that chain of custody. Photo/video content will have that chain of custody only if all or almost…
Why is this research being done? Is this some kind of arms race? The only purpose of this technology I can think of is getting spies to abuse others. Am I going to have to do AuthN and AuthZ on every phone call and zoom now?
It looks all warpy and stretchy. That's not how skin and face muscles work. Looks fake to me.
And it's only going to get faster, better, easier, cheaper.[a] Meanwhile, yesterday my credit card company asked me if I wanted to use voice authentication for verifying my identity "more securely" on the phone. Surely the company spent many millions of dollars to enable this new security-theater feature. It begs the question: Is every single executive and manager at my credit card company completely unaware that rig…
Asking customers questions that they don't remember and that fraudsters have in front of them isn't working and the time it takes for agents to authenticate is very expensive.
While there is no doubt that companies will screw up with security, you are making wild accusations without reference to any evidence.
Why is this research being done? Is this some kind of arms race? The only purpose of this technology I can think of is getting spies to abuse others. Am I going to have to do AuthN and AuthZ on every phone call and zoom now?
We all know why this is really happening. Clippy 2.0.
And it's only going to get faster, better, easier, cheaper.[a] Meanwhile, yesterday my credit card company asked me if I wanted to use voice authentication for verifying my identity "more securely" on the phone. Surely the company spent many millions of dollars to enable this new security-theater feature. It begs the question: Is every single executive and manager at my credit card company completely unaware that rig…
Any time you add a "new" security gate to your product, it should be in addition to and not instead of the existing gates. Biometrics should not replace username/password, they should be in addition to. Security Questions like "What was your first pet's name" should not be able to get you in the backdoor. SMS verification alone should not allow you to reset your password. Same with this voice authentication stuff. It…