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Don't be fooled by scammer deepfakes

Scammers are using deepfake AI to impersonate people in video calls, making it harder to detect fraud. The technology enables realistic fake identities, posing a growing threat to personal and financial security.

read1 min views5 publishedJun 23, 2026

Don't you just love all the innovations that the advent of AI has allowed for? There's mass disinformation, the price of consumer computing going through the roof, poisoning groundwater for entire communities, but, uh… at least it's making some people's jobs easier! — Read the rest

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