Deepfakes, How To Spot Them And Steps To Protect Yourself.
With today’s technology, any object or person in an image or video can be replaced with a similar one if they have enough basic characteristics in common.
People’s reactions to phishing campaigns, any misinformation really, are significantly affected by the increased use of deepfakes.
What Can You Do?
Be aware of how advanced deepfake technologies have come
Train yourself to spot deepfakes
Be skeptical when faced with inflammatory statements from unexpected sources (or even expected sources).
Keep accounts private
Reduce the number of social media posts to prevent malicious individuals from using your images or videos to create deepfakes
Use online scanners and browsers to detect deepfakes
To continue learning more, please watch this short video from Help Net Security - Deepfakes: What they are and how to spot them.