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> LPT: Please have a codeword or phrase that you use with your loved ones

They keep refusing ideas like these on the grounds of them being “not stupid” and “able to see through such attempts immediately, 100% of the time” and “do you think we’re stupid?”

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They might actually be a bit stupid, but maybe they'll do it if you tell them it's because you are worried that you would fall for a scammer impersonating them. That at least would let them keep their stupid pride.

The article makes a point of explaining how the world-renowned expert on identifying deepfake scams can no longer pass his own tests.

If an expert can't distinguish, it has absolutely nothing to do with being "stupid" or not. So send them that, maybe.

If they are still stubborn about it, then thank them for contributing to the future funding of Scam the World With AI.

Or maybe Deckard was a replicant the whole time.

Identifying the voice as fake is not the main defense against these scams, though. The main defence is recognising the situation and taking a step back to double-check. Primarily the scammers are trying to stop you from engaging your critical thinking by putting you under pressure and a very useful skill in life is recognising those situations and pushing back on them.

You don’t even need this. You just ask “what did we do last Tuesday”. A scammer will hang up, even if the actual answer is “I haven’t seen you in two years”.

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