It can happen to you.
For those who may be tempted to think that sextortion only happens to people who do risky things like “sexting,” think again. Sextortion is a crime that can happen to anyone, regardless of age, gender or behavior.
There are several reasons why this threat is getting worse.
Top on the list is a new technology that allows for realistic face-swapping in videos. Known as “Deepfakes,” these videos (enabled by online tools like FakeApp) are becoming popular on the web, and we’ve already seen this technology used to create a number of fake pornographic videos that replaced the faces of adult actors with those of Hollywood stars.
The potential for abuse here is huge, and it is only a matter of time before Deepfakes are used for teenage cyber-bullying, harassment and cyber-stalking.
For those criminals it is an easy thing to do, blackmaile someone with deep fake images.
Just a thought.
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