> We were hearing a little while back that it had become exceedingly difficult to concoct diplomatic cover for intelligence agents, in a world full of socials.

> We were hearing a little while back that it had become exceedingly difficult to concoct diplomatic cover for intelligence agents, in a world full of socials. > Does the availability of AI mean that (as long as you own, or at least can retcon, several socials?) spinning up entire innocuous provenance networks for fresh identities is once again a push-button solved problem? AI doesn't defeat biometrics. I'd bet the problem with social media for intelligence agents is it allows facial recognition to uncover their true identity. If the search uncovers a real profile and a fake AI generated one with fake AI generated friends, it's still fishy to an adversary. Also if you're an agent and have gone to a country under one name, you can never go back under a different name without being trivially caught.