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+ As of 2019 Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology has been used for crimes + <ref name="WaPo2019">
Juho Kunsola (talk | contribs) (+ == Documented digital sound-alike attacks == + 'An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft', a 2019 Washington Post article) |
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When it cannot be determined by human testing, is some synthesized recording a simulation of some person's speech, or is it a recording made of that person's actual real voice, it is a '''digital sound-alike'''. | When it cannot be determined by human testing, is some synthesized recording a simulation of some person's speech, or is it a recording made of that person's actual real voice, it is a '''digital sound-alike'''. | ||
As of '''2019''' Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology '''has been used for crimes'''.<ref name="WaPo2019"> | |||
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|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/ | |||
|title= An artificial-intelligence first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft | |||
|last= Drew | |||
|first= Harwell | |||
|date= 2019-09-04 | |||
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|access-date= 2019-09-089 | |||
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Living people can defend¹ themselves against digital sound-alike by denying the things the digital sound-alike says if they are presented to the target, but dead people cannot. Digital sound-alikes offer criminals new disinformation attack vectors and wreak havoc on provability. | Living people can defend¹ themselves against digital sound-alike by denying the things the digital sound-alike says if they are presented to the target, but dead people cannot. Digital sound-alikes offer criminals new disinformation attack vectors and wreak havoc on provability. | ||