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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.
by 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 agoBut 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 agoI'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 agoA deepfake requires significantly more effort than just impersonating someone over text.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoIf Ms Linh Nguyen turns out to be a burly Nigerian dude on video, you just acquired some "useful" information about their legitimacy.