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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
Zwergi ("Vulvarine") wrote:
We’ve officially reached the point where hearing your spouse’s voice on the phone isn’t enough proof that it’s actually them.
That sounds ridiculous until you realize voice-cloning scams are already here.
Have a code word. Call the person back directly. Verify before sending money, giving card information, or doing anything else.
We used to tell people not to trust random emails.
Now apparently we have to tell them not to automatically trust familiar voices either.
