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Synthetic Pornography – A Growing Danger To The World – A SCARS Editorial 2023

Synthetic Pornography – A Growing Danger To The World A SCARS Editorial Author: • SCARS Editorial Team – Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Photo Credit: Mark Pohlmann Synthetic Pornography Is Revolutionizing What People Of Particular Tastes Can Have Now, All Through Generative AI Synthetic porn, also known as deepfake porn, is a type of manipulated media that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create non-consensual pornography. It typically involves superimposing the face of a non-consenting person onto the body of someone else in a pornographic video, but it can be Read More ...

SCARS Editorial Team2023-11-25T19:23:10-05:00November 25th, 2023|Categories: • EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY, • NEW TECHNOLOGY / AI, 2023, SCARS Editorial Team|Tags: Deepfake Porn, DeepFakes, SCARS Editorial, Synthetic porn|

FraudGPT – AI For The Bad Guys

FraudGPT – AI For The Bad Guys By Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. – Anthropologist, Scientist, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. FraudGPT: The New AI-Powered Cybercrime Tool The rise of generative AI models has changed the fraud & cybercrime threat landscape drastically and FraudGPT is a new plateau in this new arms race.. Threat actors can now use these models, such as FraudGPT to create realistic and convincing phishing emails, malware, and other malicious content that is flawless (or almost flawless.) In July 2023, a new AI tool Read More ...

SCARS Editorial Team2023-07-28T09:15:39-04:00July 28th, 2023|Categories: • CRIMINALS - SCAMMERS/FRAUDSTERS, • ARTICLES & REPORTS, • CYBERSECURITY, • NEW TECHNOLOGY / AI, • SCAMS & FRAUD - CRIMES, ♣ FEATURED ARTICLES, 2023|Tags: AI, Artificial Intelligence, BARD, ChatGPT, Cybercrime, FraudGPT, Generative AI|

Google Updated Its Privacy Policy To Include AI

Google Will Use Everything You Publish To Feed Their Generative AI By SCARS Editorial Team – Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Google’s New Privacy Policy Opens the Door to Web Scraping Google has updated its privacy policy to allow the company to scrape any publicly available data for use in its artificial intelligence (AI) projects. This means that Google could potentially collect and analyze everything you post online, including your social media posts, blog articles, and even comments on public websites. Read More …

SCARS Editorial Team2023-07-06T01:15:47-04:00July 6th, 2023|Categories: • NEW TECHNOLOGY / AI, • NEWS, • PRIVACY, 2023|Tags: Generative AI, Google, Google Bard, Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions|

From the FTC: Hey, Alexa! What are you doing with My Data?

From the FTC: Hey, Alexa! What are you doing with my data? By: Elisa Jillson, U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – reprinted What you say in your home, what you do in your home. It doesn’t get more private than that. But, according to two recent FTC complaints, Amazon and Ring used this highly private data – voice recordings collected by Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant and videos collected by Ring’s internet-connected home security cameras – to train their algorithms while giving short shrift to customers’ privacy. These matters, the first announced since the FTC’s new Biometric Policy Statement, contain important lessons for Read More ...

SCARS Editorial Team2023-07-04T13:33:35-04:00June 21st, 2023|Categories: • GOVERNMENT/REGULATORY, • NEW TECHNOLOGY / AI, • REGULATORY / LEGAL REVIEW, ♠ REGULATORY/LEGAL ACTIONS, 2023|Tags: Alexa, Amazon, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Privacy, Regulatory Action|

FTC Victim Predators

Attn: Federal Trade Commission

There is a WAR going on against scam victims!

A war where for-profit companies are exploiting and deceiving the victims of scams and financial fraud!

WE ASK THE FTC TO STOP EXPLOITATION OF SCAM VICTIMS NOW!

This war is being led by predatory for-profit companies that want more of these desperate and panicked crime victims\' money or to lead them away from legitimate support!

These companies claim they can get the victim\'s money back or that they will investigate the crime and have the criminals arrested - neither they can do. The victim usually receives a document or two and nothing more for the thousands of dollars they pay in advance for these services. Services that within the United States these companies must be licensed as private investigators to even provide any crime investigations or money recovery services, yet almost all of these companies lack state licenses.

There are cryptocurrency tracing companies that use automated tools to generate a paper report and charging scam victims thousands of dollars in advance for this service! These victims are desperate for help and looking for answers, and instead of sending them to real victims\' assistance providers they are pulling them in and costing them more of the precious little money they have left! What the scammers do is bad enough, but these real companies are exploiting victims one more time!

We call on the Federal Trade Commission to begin exploring this exploitation of crime victims - specifically scam or financial fraud victims by private investigating, money recovery, and other for-profit companies service companies!

We believe that this falls under the Commission\'s authority to regulate deceptive trade practices.

This is despicable and deceptive trade practice that should be banned in the United States without proper state licensing and full and complete disclosure about what they can and cannot do. We also believe the companies and their principals operating without proper legal licenses now should be banned from these activities permanently.

Please do what YOU can to bring this to the attention of the FTC Chair and staff!

Thank you!

Vianey Goes and Tim McGuinness, Ph.D., Directors,
Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc.
A crime victims\' assistance & crime prevention nonprofit supporting scam victims worldwide for free!
contact@againstscams.org

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