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This sounds like a great way to get sufficient images/video of you to create a deepfake that could pass this test. Hmmm...

oconnor663 4y ago
New mandatory security rule: Employees must never turn their heads side to side in a meeting.
- mirkules 4y ago
  Microsoft Teams developed a feature when if you’re using a background and turn sideways, your nose and the back of your head are automatically cut off. Bug closed, no longer an issue, overcome by events.
- cratermoon 4y ago
  Interesting that you bring that up. The most egregiously invasive student and employee monitoring software requires that the subject always face the camera. That seems most ripe for bypassing with the current state of deepfakes. https://www.wired.com/story/student-monitoring-software-privacy-in-schools/ https://www.wired.com/story/student-monitoring-software-priv...
- throwaway284534 4y ago
  I work as a Digital Gardener[1] and we’re trained to NEVER use our real name. - [1] https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE
Gigachad 4y ago
My bank does a much better system where they ask for a photo of you holding your ID and a bit of paper with a number the support person gave you for authorizing larger transactions. It's still not bullet proof but since you already have to be logged in to the app to do this, I'd say it is sufficient.
- throwaway2037 4y ago
  Interesting anecdata! Do you think the photo is authenticated/validated automatically (by software), or by a human, or combination (assistance)? And, if you are willing to share, what country/bank?
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    This case I was on the bank text support requesting to make a transaction of $100,000 in one go which the app would not let me do. So it was a real person on the other side. Bank was in Australia called Up.
    - techdragon 4y ago
      This sounds like a good thing. An extra step in a $100,000 transaction to prevent accidents or crimes definitely feels justified if the accounts not marked as normally moving heaps of money like a billionaire or something.

oconnor663 4y ago

New mandatory security rule: Employees must never turn their heads side to side in a meeting.

mirkules 4y ago
Microsoft Teams developed a feature when if you’re using a background and turn sideways, your nose and the back of your head are automatically cut off. Bug closed, no longer an issue, overcome by events.
cratermoon 4y ago
Interesting that you bring that up. The most egregiously invasive student and employee monitoring software requires that the subject always face the camera. That seems most ripe for bypassing with the current state of deepfakes. https://www.wired.com/story/student-monitoring-software-privacy-in-schools/ https://www.wired.com/story/student-monitoring-software-priv...
throwaway284534 4y ago
I work as a Digital Gardener[1] and we’re trained to NEVER use our real name. - [1] https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE

Gigachad 4y ago

My bank does a much better system where they ask for a photo of you holding your ID and a bit of paper with a number the support person gave you for authorizing larger transactions. It's still not bullet proof but since you already have to be logged in to the app to do this, I'd say it is sufficient.

throwaway2037 4y ago
Interesting anecdata! Do you think the photo is authenticated/validated automatically (by software), or by a human, or combination (assistance)? And, if you are willing to share, what country/bank?
- Gigachad 4y ago
  This case I was on the bank text support requesting to make a transaction of $100,000 in one go which the app would not let me do. So it was a real person on the other side. Bank was in Australia called Up.
  - techdragon 4y ago
    This sounds like a good thing. An extra step in a $100,000 transaction to prevent accidents or crimes definitely feels justified if the accounts not marked as normally moving heaps of money like a billionaire or something.