Your Face Just Became a Password You Can't Change

Your Boss Just Called You on Video. It Wasn't Him. $25M Is Gone.

A finance worker in Hong Kong sat through an entire video call with his chief financial officer and several colleagues. Everyone on that screen was fake. Every single face was a deepfake — and by the end of the call, twenty-five million dolla Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-boss-just-called-you-on-video-it-wasnt-him-25m-is-gone

Your Daughter's Panicked Voice on the Phone Could Be Fake. Here's the 10-Second Habit That Saves You.

Researchers showed people a series of videos and asked one simple question — which ones are fake? Across every age group, only one in a thousand people got them all right. One in a thousand. Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-daughters-panicked-voice-on-the-phone-could-be-fake-heres-the-10-second-hab

That Panicked Call From Your Kid? 3 Seconds of TikTok Is All a Scammer Needs.

A scammer needs just three seconds of your kid's voice to fake a panicked phone call. Three seconds. That's shorter than a TikTok clip, a voicemail greeting, or a quick video you posted last weekend. Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/that-panicked-call-from-your-kid-3-seconds-of-tiktok-is-all-a-scammer-needs

Your Face Just Became a Password You Can't Change

To get into a social media account in twenty-five U.S. states right now, you may have to hand over your face. Not a password. Your actual face — scanned, measured, stored. And here's the part that sho Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/your-face-just-became-a-password-you-cant-change

That "95% Face Match"? It Could Mean 500,000 People

A computer can look at your face, say it's a ninety-five percent match — and still be pointing at half a million people. That's not an exaggeration. In a database of ten million faces, that confident-sounding score can lea Read the full article: https://www.caracomp.com/podcasts/that-95-face-match-it-could-mean-500-000-people