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Laurie Segall

👤 Speaker
267 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

Hilariously, we all need human passwords. This is literally what one of the top security guys said to me. I was like, how do people protect themselves? He's like, human passwords, safe words. I called my mom and I was like, if you get something like this from me, which it seems crazy to have to call our parents and say like,

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

Hilariously, we all need human passwords. This is literally what one of the top security guys said to me. I was like, how do people protect themselves? He's like, human passwords, safe words. I called my mom and I was like, if you get something like this from me, which it seems crazy to have to call our parents and say like,

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

If you hear an AI-generated voice or you're not sure if it's me, this is the word you need to say. This is our human password. In an interesting way, it's almost like our humanity is the thing that we're hoping will help us pull through in this weird time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

If you hear an AI-generated voice or you're not sure if it's me, this is the word you need to say. This is our human password. In an interesting way, it's almost like our humanity is the thing that we're hoping will help us pull through in this weird time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

If you hear an AI-generated voice or you're not sure if it's me, this is the word you need to say. This is our human password. In an interesting way, it's almost like our humanity is the thing that we're hoping will help us pull through in this weird time.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So this was all kind of a precursor to... We did a larger investigation that we've been working on. When I say, like... I get obsessed with topics. Like, this is for better and for worse. And I think three years ago, I became obsessed with this idea. Someone had mentioned to me there was this really shady site online, and it's a deepfake pornography site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So this was all kind of a precursor to... We did a larger investigation that we've been working on. When I say, like... I get obsessed with topics. Like, this is for better and for worse. And I think three years ago, I became obsessed with this idea. Someone had mentioned to me there was this really shady site online, and it's a deepfake pornography site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So this was all kind of a precursor to... We did a larger investigation that we've been working on. When I say, like... I get obsessed with topics. Like, this is for better and for worse. And I think three years ago, I became obsessed with this idea. Someone had mentioned to me there was this really shady site online, and it's a deepfake pornography site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So literally, it looked like, and I mean, this is dark, but it's like you were watching sex tapes, essentially, of many women in the public, even though they never made them, even though they never would ever consent to something like this. But you were looking at hyper-realistic, deepfake pornography of, if you are even kind of a public figure, there's a chance you were on this site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So literally, it looked like, and I mean, this is dark, but it's like you were watching sex tapes, essentially, of many women in the public, even though they never made them, even though they never would ever consent to something like this. But you were looking at hyper-realistic, deepfake pornography of, if you are even kind of a public figure, there's a chance you were on this site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

So literally, it looked like, and I mean, this is dark, but it's like you were watching sex tapes, essentially, of many women in the public, even though they never made them, even though they never would ever consent to something like this. But you were looking at hyper-realistic, deepfake pornography of, if you are even kind of a public figure, there's a chance you were on this site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I remember going to this, being like, Wait, this is insane. And then I started looking into it. At the peak of it, 18 million people were going to this site on a monthly basis. So I'm like, none of these women consented to having their image and likeness used. And like, you couldn't tell if it was real or fake, although like, we know it's not real, but that harm is very real.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I remember going to this, being like, Wait, this is insane. And then I started looking into it. At the peak of it, 18 million people were going to this site on a monthly basis. So I'm like, none of these women consented to having their image and likeness used. And like, you couldn't tell if it was real or fake, although like, we know it's not real, but that harm is very real.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I remember going to this, being like, Wait, this is insane. And then I started looking into it. At the peak of it, 18 million people were going to this site on a monthly basis. So I'm like, none of these women consented to having their image and likeness used. And like, you couldn't tell if it was real or fake, although like, we know it's not real, but that harm is very real.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I just remember being like, why does this exist? Like, why are 18 million people allowed to go and see this? And these women have no control. And ironically, it was like a lot of women in power. So- Wasn't Taylor Swift? Yeah, Taylor Swift was on, there were so many people that were like, their likeness was taken and used on the site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I just remember being like, why does this exist? Like, why are 18 million people allowed to go and see this? And these women have no control. And ironically, it was like a lot of women in power. So- Wasn't Taylor Swift? Yeah, Taylor Swift was on, there were so many people that were like, their likeness was taken and used on the site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And I just remember being like, why does this exist? Like, why are 18 million people allowed to go and see this? And these women have no control. And ironically, it was like a lot of women in power. So- Wasn't Taylor Swift? Yeah, Taylor Swift was on, there were so many people that were like, their likeness was taken and used on the site.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And this site, I became obsessed with it because I was like, okay, it's not just like about this shady site on the internet, but it was a platform, right? So it's not like people just went and saw these two horrific videos. They could also like create them or pay people to create them. And so like it became a whole platform and an ecosystem

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And this site, I became obsessed with it because I was like, okay, it's not just like about this shady site on the internet, but it was a platform, right? So it's not like people just went and saw these two horrific videos. They could also like create them or pay people to create them. And so like it became a whole platform and an ecosystem

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Sextortion: The Darkest Deepfake Scams, How to Protect Yourself and Laurie Segall's Hunt for “Mr. Deepfakes”

And this site, I became obsessed with it because I was like, okay, it's not just like about this shady site on the internet, but it was a platform, right? So it's not like people just went and saw these two horrific videos. They could also like create them or pay people to create them. And so like it became a whole platform and an ecosystem