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0 pointstalldayo1y ago0 comments

> my parents would also do the same for me/ and everyone's would

Mine wouldn't? That's an obvious phone scam, they would call me directly before wiring $500 to some unproven weirdo over the phone.

> how the fuck we are support to assume people won't give emotional response?

For the same reason you assume people won't immediately become greedy when a Nigerian Prince emails them about an excellent opportunity to earn a few million dollars. Common sense has to play a part or else you're going to be manipulated with or without AI.

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fragmede1y ago

The same attack used to get SMS 2fa tokens can be used to capture incoming calls from your parents or grand parents. How is calling "you" going to protect you?

talldayoOP1y ago

So my grandparents call me, get their call intercepted by a malicious MITM. The worst-case scenario! My AI counterpart is screaming over the line, saying that my legs are only moments away from being sawed off by the mysterious phone-operator that would only identify himself as "the Butcher".

They ask me what my middle name is, and my AI counterpart stops. 10-15 seconds go by, with the halloween chain-rattling CD spinning away in the background. The AI answers correctly in stunted breath, and my grandparents hang up so they can move on with their day. They've been getting calls like this for the past 30 years trying to convince them a family member desperately needs their Social Security number over the landline. If they fall for an AI-generated voice from an unknown caller I'd be genuinely surprised. These are decades-old social engineering scripts, people.

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