the scary security applications were exactly my first thought too. it's funny because if they were to continue this research into the other direction (creating

the scary security applications were exactly my first thought too. it's funny because if they were to continue this research into the other direction (creating speech from faces) you could get useful applications that could help people come up with realistic voices for deaf/mute people (which sounds much less evil). Made me wonder if there was a financial angle to get the research money easier by focusing on the security.