'Mom, these bad men have me': She believes scammers cloned her daughter's voice in a fake kidnapping | CNN
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Jennifer DeStefano's phone rang in January with a terrifying call from her sobbing 15-year-old daughter, saying she'd been kidnapped. But as a relieved DeStefano soon learned, her daughter was safe and the call was a scam.

“A reasonably good clone can be created with under a minute of audio and some are claiming that even a few seconds may be enough.” Mom wary about answering calls for fear voice will be cloned for future virtual kidnapping.

  • radix@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Isn’t a voicemail worse for detecting deepfakes because it doesn’t require it to dynamically listen and respond?

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I’m not personally concerned about getting duped by a deep fake. I just don’t want to talk to any robots, solicitors, or scammers.