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Toss a pic up here then so we can make some deep fakes.
Here you go. Be sure to share any good ones
I want you to imagine that I edited this image so it appeared to show you sexually abusing children. And later this week you get called in to HR to say you're being let go. Would they belive you when you said it was fake?
Would your wife? Would your parents? Do your parents even understand what deep fake is? Would they wonder if this was an elaborate excuse?
Would your kids understand? Would your kids friends? Would their friends parents believe you? What if the way you found out they believed it was real was when your kids friends are no longer allowed to sleep over Would those parents even take your call so you can explain it was fake?
Would your kids teachers?
Would your own friends believe you? Would your friends let you be around their kids? How much would they be willing to risk that you're "probably" telling the truth and that it's "probably" fake? I could even tailor the image to you abusing your friends children. Thosse friends wouldn't check in with you first, they'd have a terrible conversation with their own kids.
Would your wife keep believing you when your family is socially ostracized? Do you think you would only ever have 1 conversation about it? Would you still want me to send you a "good one"? What if I kept making burner accounts and never stopped sending good ones to your friends, family and coworkers?
You can say I personally am an asshole, and I would be, but that doesn't change the harm a deranged person could do with zero expertise, zero access to you IRL and take all of 30 seconds of effort to create the image. Starting a whisper rumor about you would take substantially more effort and access.
People SWAT strangers just because they lost a game.