@ooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoA Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developerwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1408arrow-down110
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkA Hong Kong-based crypto exchange used deepfakes of Elon Musk to claim the billionaire was its lead developerwww.businessinsider.com@ooli@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareHegarlinkfedilink20•2 months agoNo way. You want someone who’s so obviously an idiot that his face alone selects out anyone with critical reasoning faculties. Being a deepfake used to find rubes willing to give over money to an obvious scam is the platonic ideal of elon musk. Bravo, grifters. Bravo.
minus-square@ours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months agoExactly, just like the Nigerian prince scam. Those who know about the scam or with enough critical thinking ability are not the marks. They want that small percentage of highly gullible people they can fleece easily.
No way. You want someone who’s so obviously an idiot that his face alone selects out anyone with critical reasoning faculties.
Being a deepfake used to find rubes willing to give over money to an obvious scam is the platonic ideal of elon musk. Bravo, grifters. Bravo.
Exactly, just like the Nigerian prince scam. Those who know about the scam or with enough critical thinking ability are not the marks. They want that small percentage of highly gullible people they can fleece easily.