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Laurie Segall

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267 total appearances

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

And like we were able to somehow get his home address from that, which was just as it took, like, I think a lot of women just in like the only way, like I feel like a pregnant person would think we're trying to figure out a better future for our children. And the reason I focus so heavily on Mr. Deepfakes is because it's not just about Mr. Deepfakes.

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

It's about the future of consent and bullying and being able to like, create a better world for our children. And I think that was really personal to me because I was thinking about having a child during this investigation. Then I got pregnant and then I had a child. It's been a wild journey, but it makes it, I think, really meaningful that the site is now down.

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

It's about the future of consent and bullying and being able to like, create a better world for our children. And I think that was really personal to me because I was thinking about having a child during this investigation. Then I got pregnant and then I had a child. It's been a wild journey, but it makes it, I think, really meaningful that the site is now down.

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

It's about the future of consent and bullying and being able to like, create a better world for our children. And I think that was really personal to me because I was thinking about having a child during this investigation. Then I got pregnant and then I had a child. It's been a wild journey, but it makes it, I think, really meaningful that the site is now down.

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

As of the last couple of weeks, the site was down and I would say it took probably part of it, us showing up at his door, other people beginning to understand who he was. It took people creating friction, Google de-ranking the site. So it took all this friction, but it was such a win because I think so many people sometimes say, oh, it's a game of whack-a-mole.

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

As of the last couple of weeks, the site was down and I would say it took probably part of it, us showing up at his door, other people beginning to understand who he was. It took people creating friction, Google de-ranking the site. So it took all this friction, but it was such a win because I think so many people sometimes say, oh, it's a game of whack-a-mole.

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

As of the last couple of weeks, the site was down and I would say it took probably part of it, us showing up at his door, other people beginning to understand who he was. It took people creating friction, Google de-ranking the site. So it took all this friction, but it was such a win because I think so many people sometimes say, oh, it's a game of whack-a-mole.

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

It's what, you take one down, there's gonna be so many others. And I just don't buy it. Do you know how many women are gonna sleep better tonight because of this? And if it's like a game of whack-a-mole, we just whacked like a giant one. So that makes me sleep better. Yes, me too. Do you know if he had a boy or a girl? I don't know. It's messed up in both ways. I think he might have had a boy.

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

It's what, you take one down, there's gonna be so many others. And I just don't buy it. Do you know how many women are gonna sleep better tonight because of this? And if it's like a game of whack-a-mole, we just whacked like a giant one. So that makes me sleep better. Yes, me too. Do you know if he had a boy or a girl? I don't know. It's messed up in both ways. I think he might have had a boy.

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

It's what, you take one down, there's gonna be so many others. And I just don't buy it. Do you know how many women are gonna sleep better tonight because of this? And if it's like a game of whack-a-mole, we just whacked like a giant one. So that makes me sleep better. Yes, me too. Do you know if he had a boy or a girl? I don't know. It's messed up in both ways. I think he might have had a boy.

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

And I'm not positive when we did a little investigating, which is just crazy to me. And I might sound like a total crazy person. I always try to understand the why. I think it's too simple to be like, you're just this terrible person and you've done this thing. I think it's actually in trying to understand the why, maybe the more interesting reasons.

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

And I'm not positive when we did a little investigating, which is just crazy to me. And I might sound like a total crazy person. I always try to understand the why. I think it's too simple to be like, you're just this terrible person and you've done this thing. I think it's actually in trying to understand the why, maybe the more interesting reasons.

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

And I'm not positive when we did a little investigating, which is just crazy to me. And I might sound like a total crazy person. I always try to understand the why. I think it's too simple to be like, you're just this terrible person and you've done this thing. I think it's actually in trying to understand the why, maybe the more interesting reasons.

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

He reminded me a little bit of Ross Ulbrich from Silk Road, the guy who created one of the largest sites on the dark web where illegal things were bought and sold. Ross very much had this libertarian ethos of this is kind of the future of the internet and all these things. I can't speak for David. That's the name of one of the creators of Mr. Deepfakes, according to all of our evidence.

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

He reminded me a little bit of Ross Ulbrich from Silk Road, the guy who created one of the largest sites on the dark web where illegal things were bought and sold. Ross very much had this libertarian ethos of this is kind of the future of the internet and all these things. I can't speak for David. That's the name of one of the creators of Mr. Deepfakes, according to all of our evidence.

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

He reminded me a little bit of Ross Ulbrich from Silk Road, the guy who created one of the largest sites on the dark web where illegal things were bought and sold. Ross very much had this libertarian ethos of this is kind of the future of the internet and all these things. I can't speak for David. That's the name of one of the creators of Mr. Deepfakes, according to all of our evidence.

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

I can't speak for the why, but I do think that it started as more of a hobby and an interest. Deepfakes and also porn and all this stuff. And I don't know if there was just a lack of empathy, if maybe he didn't believe that the harm was real. I think that those walls closed in on him. I think the stakes got higher.

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

I can't speak for the why, but I do think that it started as more of a hobby and an interest. Deepfakes and also porn and all this stuff. And I don't know if there was just a lack of empathy, if maybe he didn't believe that the harm was real. I think that those walls closed in on him. I think the stakes got higher.

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

I can't speak for the why, but I do think that it started as more of a hobby and an interest. Deepfakes and also porn and all this stuff. And I don't know if there was just a lack of empathy, if maybe he didn't believe that the harm was real. I think that those walls closed in on him. I think the stakes got higher.

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

As the site got bigger and as people started talking about it more, and as more people started saying, this is really harmful, he never shut it down until a couple weeks ago when it was shut down. So I have no idea where he is now. Did he get fired? I don't know if they fired him. There was a report that he could potentially be overseas. I don't know. Does his wife know? I have no idea.