Criminals use AI to impersonate family members, often faking an emergency to steal money or demand ransom. The FBI recommends using a code phrase that family members can say in suspicious situations, such as “The sparrow flies at midnight.”
The FBI adds that voice synthesis technology makes it easy to clone voices using publicly available recordings, even allowing criminals to call you in advance under the guise of service.
Just in case, the FBI recommends limiting online access to your voice and images and making social media accounts private.
Source: Ferra
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