I guess we can all have a few laughs on our way to humanity's early grave. The deepfakes promoting the venerable HOPE hacker conference are priceless.

Xitter CEO:
https://twitter.com/hopeconf/status/1774829155227504915

MTG:
https://x.com/josephmenn/status/1775363327293792522

The HOPE Conference 🏴‍☠️ (@hopeconf) on X

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) reflects on his life choices and shares some insights with us. HOPE XV will take place from July 12-14, 2024 at St. John's University in Queens, New York City Tickets still available at https://t.co/3Wqp5Qg1RJ #hope #hackers #hacking #2600

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BTW I went to HOPE a total of one time in 2006. The venue was a complete shitshow, but the content was decent and the conference attendees were some of the nicest, most polite people I've ever met.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110810225836/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/fbi_arrest_private_eye_speaker.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20120606144342/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/07/hacking_windows_hucking_throwi.html

Security Fix - HOPE Speaker Arrested by the Feds

Security Fix just learned that Steven Rambam, the owner and CEO of Pallorium Inc., a company that bills itself as the largest privately held online investigative service in the United States, was arrested this afternoon by FBI agents just moments...

@briankrebs I'm CRYING here. CRYING. This is such an AWESOME idea, why didn't I think of it?!??! These are perfect.
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Hackers On Planet Earth - July 12-14, 2024 - Queens, New York City, USA 🗝💻📻☎️ 🐘:@[email protected] • 🦋:@hope.net • ig/threads:hopeconf

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@briankrebs I think the MTG one is real - I am sure if you just paid a campaign contribution it would get her to read out that script.

@davidbcohen @briankrebs Chris Morris pretty much did that in the late 90s in the UK with his series "Brass Eye". They got celebs and politicians to read out ridiculous statements on camera. One MP was sufficiently fooled that he gave a speech in Parliament about the evils of a drug called "Cake" that affected the brain region known as Shatner's Bassoon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye

Brass Eye - Wikipedia

@briankrebs these are both so, so good. Worth a click through to the hellsite before they are taken down in the name of “free speech (as long as you’re paying me $$ a month)”
@briankrebs ok wow these are surprisingly good

@deviantollam @briankrebs I've been testifying to Colorado legislative committees in support of a bill working through the statehouse to regulate deepfake AI in electioneering communications (https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1147) and I'm planning to testify to a Senate committee about this in the coming week.

I'm definitely referencing this video in my testimony. It's the canonical example of the danger this guardrail-free tech poses to our very basic understanding of what constitutes "ground truth" - once this reaches a quality level where artefacts are eliminated, how will we ever trust any recorded audio or video ever again? And it isn't hard to imagine how political candidates, or malicious political operatives, will abuse this in myriad ways.

Candidate Election Deepfake Disclosures | Colorado General Assembly