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How would that help? Are you thinking it might be easier to prosecute with a voice or image file?

muh_gradle 5y ago
It's an extremely basic check. If I'm going to be getting on a plane to see someone, I want to do a basic background check.
- kenjackson 5y ago
  But what are you checking with a call? That just seems like creating a false sense of security since there is virtually no additional “useful” information that is being sent over the audio channel above and beyond what is in text.
  - muh_gradle 5y ago
    I'm checking to see if this Linh Nguyen that some random Discord user referenced me is the Linh in front of me on Zoom. A phone call isn't ideal, but it's still better than nothing. At the very least, there's one more identifying factor though that may help with spotting any scams, but yes, it can be false sense of security if you rely purely on it. If I'm John Doe and I made some merge requests to your open source project for a couple of weeks, is that alone really enough to potentially meet me in some city far from yours? That's essentially what the author was prepared to do.
  - Nextgrid 5y ago
    A deepfake requires significantly more effort than just impersonating someone over text.
  - thematrixturtle 5y ago
    If Ms Linh Nguyen turns out to be a burly Nigerian dude on video, you just acquired some "useful" information about their legitimacy.
brightstep 5y ago
It's way easier to lie via text. There are verbal and facial cues that make it much harder to maintain a convincing lie.
- e_y_ 5y ago
  Scammers have plenty of time to practice compared to the average person, and the face to face nature can make people more susceptible due to a false sense of trust / thinking that they can judge character over video. OTOH it'll probably be harder for non-native English speakers to pull off a phone/video call considering that a lot of amateur scammers have telltale bad grammar even over text

It's an extremely basic check. If I'm going to be getting on a plane to see someone, I want to do a basic background check.

kenjackson 5y ago
But what are you checking with a call? That just seems like creating a false sense of security since there is virtually no additional “useful” information that is being sent over the audio channel above and beyond what is in text.
- muh_gradle 5y ago
  I'm checking to see if this Linh Nguyen that some random Discord user referenced me is the Linh in front of me on Zoom. A phone call isn't ideal, but it's still better than nothing. At the very least, there's one more identifying factor though that may help with spotting any scams, but yes, it can be false sense of security if you rely purely on it. If I'm John Doe and I made some merge requests to your open source project for a couple of weeks, is that alone really enough to potentially meet me in some city far from yours? That's essentially what the author was prepared to do.
- Nextgrid 5y ago
  A deepfake requires significantly more effort than just impersonating someone over text.
- thematrixturtle 5y ago
  If Ms Linh Nguyen turns out to be a burly Nigerian dude on video, you just acquired some "useful" information about their legitimacy.

brightstep 5y ago

It's way easier to lie via text. There are verbal and facial cues that make it much harder to maintain a convincing lie.

e_y_ 5y ago
Scammers have plenty of time to practice compared to the average person, and the face to face nature can make people more susceptible due to a false sense of trust / thinking that they can judge character over video. OTOH it'll probably be harder for non-native English speakers to pull off a phone/video call considering that a lot of amateur scammers have telltale bad grammar even over text