Authorities in Hong Kong put out a warning that a group claiming Elon Musk developed its crypto-trading software is likely using deepfakes.
  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So much like “seeing a photo of fairies doesn’t mean fairies are real”, seeing a clip of Trump meeting Jesus doesn’t mean it’s real either.

    You’re working from a position of established skepticism. Trump can’t meet Jesus cause he’s 2000 years in the ground and also not a 6’2" Swede.

    But a clip of Elon shilling crypto? That’s significantly easier to swallow.

    People need to adapt to finding out how to look into a claim

    Shy of personally running down Elon and asking him, what are you doing to do to verify this?

    Read text? Watch videos? Listen to testimonial? All of that can be faked.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Shy of personally running down Elon and asking him, what are you doing to do to verify this?

      I’d personally suggest “Don’t buy something just because there’s a video of someone endorsing it.” Whether or not Elon endorsed it doesn’t change if it’s a good investment or not. (It’s crypto, it’s not)