Emerging threat from deepfakes leads to cybersecurity arms race

Dominic Forrest said he enjoys giving educational sessions demonstrating how easy it is for crooks to overlay someone else’s face onto their own using deepfake technologies. 

During one such demonstration, Forrest explained that a single image from someone’s LinkedIn profile — or any social media account — can be overlaid onto his face in real-time. The technology, called “face swap,” has advanced to the point that most people would struggle to tell the difference between a real person and someone using a deepfake. 

“I strongly believe you can’t tell the difference anymore,” said the chief technology officer for biometric identity provider iProov.

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