Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

@malwaretech I'm not sure... on one hand, allowing deleting allows getting rid of troll comments etc., but it also encourages echo-chambers and trolls deleting good comments.
Maybe hiding posts instead of deleting them? Maybe they should go into a bad section like on Twitter. #justMusing

I don't want to be the parent that crushes my child's dreams, but there needs to be some understanding that "Gamer" isn't a viable long term career for the VAST majority of people.

I always get a little skeptical when someone tells me they literally died.

Maybe instead of setting up a page listing them, prominently flag their business listing as engaging in fraud and lower their star count to near zero?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/yelp-names-and-shames-businesses-paying-for-5-star-reviews/

So some of you might remember this post (and the subsequent demonstration on national news) of using a voice cloning tool (AI, Audio Deep Fake) by @racheltobac

Link to post: https://infosec.exchange/@racheltobac/110963070495263373

(If you haven't seen it, go watch it. Rachel is amazing.)

I'd never needed to do a similar attack before, but! I was just tasked yesterday with researching it.

Asked some friends for a turn-key solution to clone voices. Got pointed to a website. Signed up for $1 a month (first month... then it goes to $5 a month thereafter).

Pulled some audio of my mark down from a youtube interview (a podcast works great too).

Only needed a minute's worth of audio.

Uploaded it to the website for cloning.

Typed out a quick script for the voice to read.

30 seconds later, I had my cloned audio.

It was so good, that it even included natural voice inflections AND!!! verbal pauses like umm's and uhh's that matched the mark's original presentation. I can't tell the difference between the cloned voice and the original person.

Y'all... voice cloning and audio deep fakes are well past the ease of "script-kiddy" level. Anyone can do it.

#infosec #hacking #socialEngineering #scams #deepfake #AI #phishing #vishing

@evan We both believe that beings have rights and dignity. You seem to believe that there theoretically can be machines that are beings, and I don't

I'll never charge you fees to scream into the void

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/19/elon-musk-twitter-x-subscription-fees-users-posts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Do you have friends who STILL haven’t left the twitter? This might be what they need.
https://chrlschn.medium.com/mastodon-is-rewinding-the-clock-on-social-media-in-a-good-way-8998f6d9f1aa

What do you want to do to the fediverse?

#EvanPoll #poll

I've signed an agreement to write a book about ActivityPub for O'Reilly Media. The book should be available sometime after summer 2024.

Blog post here: https://evanp.me/2023/09/07/activitypub-book-for-oreilly-media/