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    What VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?
  • Because my ISP is in a country where they can legally sell my data. My VPN is not.

    And my VPN provider doesn't know who I am.

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    What VPN do you use to hide traffic from your ISP?
  • Why NextDNS if you already query DNS through Mullvad?

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    Do you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?
  • Nope, read the Bitcoin white paper. But that was an old coin with some issues that are clear in hindsight and have been fixed in prkvscy coins like zcash & monero.

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    Do you trust Brave company and their products: Browser, Search, VPN, etc..?
  • Lol if you want privacy but not crypto, you're in for a bad time

  • What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace?
  • Someone hasn't watched many gore videos

  • What non-FOSS software are you using that you wish you could replace?
  • What's wrong with the Arch workbench in FreeCAD?

  • Cult of the Dead Cow Launches Encryption Protocol + ChatApp to Save Your Privacy
  • Probably because a phone number isn't required!?

  • Death by LLM: Stack Overflow's decline, and its plan to survive, shows the future of free online data in an AI world
  • God the narrative of Business Insider is gross.

    The only thing making SO decline is that they have a CEO. And that CEO is trying to "compete".

    Just keep being a great platform for Q&A and stop chasing profits. People prefer SO because the ansewrds are trustworthy. LLMs will always bullshit you and never be better than a platform free of AI crap.

  • Discord refuses to remove my phone number attached to my account
  • Unfortunately this is not a violation of GDPR unless they refused to delete all of your data.

  • WhatsApp Web vs WhatsApp Android privacy
  • You literally missed the definition of end-to-end encryption.

    If Meta can see the messages, then that's not e2ee

  • Why Personal Cloud Storage is so bad on Linux?
  • Still waiting for rclone to support megainn Debian. Then it'll be perfect.

  • The "Backlash" to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky, if Not Surprising, Explanation
  • Funny, last I checked they were the main ingredient in burgers. And way cheaper than ground beef. That's the point

  • Would You Rather Give Up Meat Or Flying For The Environment?
  • That's not true. Corporations concede nothing until forced. And many countries are foceing corporations to do things.

    For example, it's illegal in many countries for corporations to have short-distance flights where a train route is available.

    We need more laws like this and corporations will do better.

  • Would You Rather Give Up Meat Or Flying For The Environment?
  • I think I'd schedule a movie night for Earthlings every time he did some asshole move like that

  • Would You Rather Give Up Meat Or Flying For The Environment?
  • Givung up meat is 100 times easier.

    Every market sells rice, beans, and veggies. But I'm still looking for that trans oceanic passenger ferry.

  • If you don't mind me asking what is so important about privacy?
  • For me, it's identity theft.

  • Germany's far-right AfD wins district for first time (Sonneberg, Thuringia)
    www.reuters.com Germany's far-right AfD wins vote to lead district for first time

    A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe's biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls.

    Germany's far-right AfD wins vote to lead district for first time

    BERLIN, June 25 (Reuters) - A far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) candidate won a vote on Sunday to become a district leader in Europe's biggest economy for the first time, a breakthrough for the party which has hit record highs in national polls.

    The 10-year old AfD, with which Germany's mainstream parties officially refuse to cooperate due to its radical views, won a run-off vote in the Sonneberg district in the eastern state of Thuringia with its candidate garnering 52.8% of the vote.

    It is the latest success for the party which is riding a wave of popular discontent with Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz's awkward coalition with the Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) which is dogged by infighting over policy and the budget.

    Polling at 19%-20%, behind the opposition conservatives, the AfD is tapping into voter fears about recession, migration and the green transition, say analysts. It even plans to nominate a chancellor candidate in the 2025 federal election.

    While far-right parties have gained ground around Europe, the strength of the AfD is particularly sensitive in Germany due to the country's Nazi past.

    The President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, expressed deep shock.

    "This is a watershed that this country's democratic political forces cannot simply accept," he told RND media.

    Particularly strong in the former Communist East, polls suggest the party may win three eastern state votes next year.

    A clear victory for the AfD's Robert Sesselmann in the district, which has a population of only around 56,000 people, sends a signal to Berlin, say analysts, especially as all other parties in Sonneberg joined forces in a front against him.

    Sesselmann was forced into a run-off against a conservative candidate after a vote two weeks ago. The conservative candidate won 47.2% on Sunday.

    The party opposes economic sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine war and disputes that human activity is a cause of climate change.

    The domestic intelligence agency said this month that far-right extremism posed the biggest threat to democracy in Germany and warned voters about backing the AfD.

    Formed a decade ago as an anti-euro party, its popularity surged after the 2015 migrant crisis and it entered parliament in 2017, becoming the official opposition. Reporting by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama

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    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact) [1:14]

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    PARIS Greta Thunberg speaks about repression of protest (Summit for a new global financial pact)

    The words of Greta Thunberg this week

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pyi0L7_vwo

    Activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We are seeing now extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future.

    There is extreme hypocrisy when it comes to this. All over the world we're experiencing this. Not the least, for example, here in France. Just the other day - that activists are being systemically targeted with repression and are paying the price for defending life and the right to protest.

    We're still speeding in the wrong direction

    We are now at an extremely critical point. The emissions of greenhouse gasses are at an all-time-high, and the concentration of Co2 in the atmosphere hasn't been this high in the entire history of humanity.

    And we're still speeding in the wrong direction. The emissions are on the rise, and science has been very clear on this. And the people living on the front-lines of the climate emergency have been sounding the alarm for a long time

    0
    Attackers use Deepfake of "Kidnapped" Daughter, Demand Ransom
    www.theguardian.com US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

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    Security News @infosec.pub itchy_lizard @feddit.it
    Attackers use Deepfake of "Kidnapped" Daughter, Demand Ransom
    www.theguardian.com US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

    0
    Attackers use Deepfake of "Kidnapped" Daughter, Demand Ransom
    www.theguardian.com US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

    0
    Attackers use Deepfake of "Kidnapped" Daughter, Demand Ransom
    www.theguardian.com US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

    0
    /c/cybersecurity - Cybersecurity News & Discussion @lemmy.ml itchy_lizard @feddit.it
    Attackers use Deepfake of "Kidnapped" Daughter, Demand Ransom
    www.theguardian.com US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

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    Jennifer DeStefano tells US Senate about dangers of artificial technology after receiving phone call from scammers sounding exactly like her daughter

    US mother gets call from ‘kidnapped daughter’ – but it’s really an AI scam

    After being scammed into thinking her daughter was kidnapped, an Arizona woman testified in the US Senate about the dangers side of artificial intelligence technology when in the hands of criminals.

    Jennifer DeStefano told the Senate judiciary committee about the fear she felt when she received an ominous phone call on a Friday last April.

    Thinking the unknown number was a doctor’s office, she answered the phone just before 5pm on the final ring. On the other end of the line was her 15-year-old daughter – or at least what sounded exactly like her daughter’s voice.

    “On the other end was our daughter Briana sobbing and crying saying ‘Mom’.”

    Briana was on a ski trip when the incident took place so DeStefano assumed she injured herself and was calling let her know.

    DeStefano heard the voice of her daughter and recreated the interaction for her audience: “‘Mom, I messed up’ with more crying and sobbing. Not thinking twice, I asked her again, ‘OK, what happened?’”

    She continued: “Suddenly a man’s voice barked at her to ‘lay down and put your head back’.”

    Panic immediately set in and DeStefano said she then demanded to know what was happening.

    “Nothing could have prepared me for her response,” Defano said.

    Defano said she heard her daughter say: “‘Mom these bad men have me. Help me! Help me!’ She begged and pleaded as the phone was taken from her.”

    “Listen here, I have your daughter. You tell anyone, you call the cops, I am going to pump her stomach so full of drugs,” a man on the line then said to DeStefano.

    The man then told DeStefano he “would have his way” with her daughter and drop her off in Mexico, and that she’d never see her again.

    At the time of the phone call, DeStefano was at her other daughter Aubrey’s dance rehearsal. She put the phone on mute and screamed for help, which captured the attention of nearby parents who called 911 for her.

    DeStefano negotiated with the fake kidnappers until police arrived. At first, they set the ransom at $1m and then lowered it to $50,000 when DeStefano told them such a high price was impossible.

    She asked for a routing number and wiring instructions but the man refused that method because it could be “traced” and demanded cash instead.

    DeStefano said she was told that she would be picked up in a white van with bag over her head so that she wouldn’t know where she was going.

    She said he told her: “If I didn’t have all the money, then we were both going to be dead.”

    But another parent with her informed her police were aware of AI scams like these. DeStefano then made contact with her actual daughter and husband, who confirmed repeatedly that they were fine.

    “At that point, I hung up and collapsed to the floor in tears of relief,” DeStefano said.

    When DeStefano tried to file a police report after the ordeal, she was dismissed and told this was a “prank call”.

    A survey by McAfee, a computer security software company, found that 70% of people said they weren’t confident they could tell the difference between a cloned voice and the real thing. McAfee also said it takes only three seconds of audio to replicate a person’s voice.

    DeStefano urged lawmakers to act in order prevent scams like these from hurting other people.

    She said: “If left uncontrolled, unregulated, and we are left unprotected without consequence, it will rewrite our understanding and perception what is and what is not truth. It will erode our sense of ‘familiar’ as it corrodes our confidence in what is real and what is not.”

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    Greta Thunberg speaks at COP28 preparatory conference (Reuters)

    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told the Bonn COP28 preparatory conference that humanity needed to act on the climate crisis now or face ‘the death sentence.’

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    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told the Bonn COP28 preparatory conference that humanity needed to act on the climate crisis now or face ‘the death sentence.’

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    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told the Bonn COP28 preparatory conference that humanity needed to act on the climate crisis now or face ‘the death sentence.’

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    Greta Thunberg speaks at COP28 preparatory conference (Reuters)

    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg told the Bonn COP28 preparatory conference that humanity needed to act on the climate crisis now or face ‘the death sentence.’

    https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/greta-thunberg-speaks-at-cop28-prep-conf-idOV962813062023RP1

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