I was thinking about this after the post about the sheriff (see my comment history).

For context, the scam involves using stolen information and AI voice fakes in order to convince someone that their friend / family member is calling about some trouble that they need money for. Read more:

I’ve talked to my older friends / family, but I worry that they might overestimate their ability to notice the scam. I think it would be a lot more effective to show them how easy it is and what it might sound like.

However, even on this post, I don’t want people to share resources that scammers could then use to hurt more people. So far I’ve thought of:

  • videos comparing the real person to the fake call
  • sharing info over DMs
  • a more complicated setup where community orgs set up a station where people can attend in person to try it out
  • bmpvy@piefed.socialEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I was thinking about the same recently. how about a secret word that the other needs to know beforehand so they can identify me for real? like a password as identifyier for calls.

    I was thinking one could always ask me: “But is Loki okay?” or “should I pick up Loki from Kindergarten?” or something - Loki is my belated cat and the answer would be a good indicator.

    Or am I forgetting smt so this maybe wouldn’t work?