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Laurie Segall

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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”

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.

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.

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

I had that question too. I mean, so I reached out to her after all of this happened and his name is out there and the site is down. She hasn't responded. I did at one point show up at his parents' home. It didn't feel like, I always think it's important for it not to feel like, oh, I got you. I'm gonna get the bad guy. It felt sad.

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

I had that question too. I mean, so I reached out to her after all of this happened and his name is out there and the site is down. She hasn't responded. I did at one point show up at his parents' home. It didn't feel like, I always think it's important for it not to feel like, oh, I got you. I'm gonna get the bad guy. It felt sad.

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

I had that question too. I mean, so I reached out to her after all of this happened and his name is out there and the site is down. She hasn't responded. I did at one point show up at his parents' home. It didn't feel like, I always think it's important for it not to feel like, oh, I got you. I'm gonna get the bad guy. It felt sad.

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

We grew up in a beautiful neighborhood where kids are playing on the street. I didn't get the sense his parents knew, but I don't know. You talked to them? Spoke to his father very briefly before he went inside. And I didn't want to... How do I say this? I didn't want to stay for too long. and be harassing at all.

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

We grew up in a beautiful neighborhood where kids are playing on the street. I didn't get the sense his parents knew, but I don't know. You talked to them? Spoke to his father very briefly before he went inside. And I didn't want to... How do I say this? I didn't want to stay for too long. and be harassing at all.

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

We grew up in a beautiful neighborhood where kids are playing on the street. I didn't get the sense his parents knew, but I don't know. You talked to them? Spoke to his father very briefly before he went inside. And I didn't want to... How do I say this? I didn't want to stay for too long. and be harassing at all.

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

There's always this fine line of... Between the reporters that are... I never wanted to be that. We've seen that, just without any empathy. And I'm not saying, like, I need to have empathy for this, but I think, like, empathy is the thing that we lack. So many... It's the whole reason I think we're seeing a problem in sexually explicit deepfakes. People don't realize that there's real harm here.

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

There's always this fine line of... Between the reporters that are... I never wanted to be that. We've seen that, just without any empathy. And I'm not saying, like, I need to have empathy for this, but I think, like, empathy is the thing that we lack. So many... It's the whole reason I think we're seeing a problem in sexually explicit deepfakes. People don't realize that there's real harm here.

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

There's always this fine line of... Between the reporters that are... I never wanted to be that. We've seen that, just without any empathy. And I'm not saying, like, I need to have empathy for this, but I think, like, empathy is the thing that we lack. So many... It's the whole reason I think we're seeing a problem in sexually explicit deepfakes. People don't realize that there's real harm here.

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

And so I... A person and a family. Yeah. I like to think that we showed up with a certain amount of empathy and being inquisitive without harassing his family. I think I walked away feeling really sad. How did it affect you? I think I get frustrated sometimes because it's like... I thought for so long, this is why it's so big, right? It starts here. Then it goes to schools.

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

And so I... A person and a family. Yeah. I like to think that we showed up with a certain amount of empathy and being inquisitive without harassing his family. I think I walked away feeling really sad. How did it affect you? I think I get frustrated sometimes because it's like... I thought for so long, this is why it's so big, right? It starts here. Then it goes to schools.

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

And so I... A person and a family. Yeah. I like to think that we showed up with a certain amount of empathy and being inquisitive without harassing his family. I think I walked away feeling really sad. How did it affect you? I think I get frustrated sometimes because it's like... I thought for so long, this is why it's so big, right? It starts here. Then it goes to schools.

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

Then it goes to democracy where we can make anyone say anything. And then it goes to conspiracy. So I always like to be like, how do I frame this to different people? And I think sometimes it can get frustrating to be able to be like, no, it's not about the shady site. It's actually about safety and consent. And it's about a tech threat that you don't realize

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

Then it goes to democracy where we can make anyone say anything. And then it goes to conspiracy. So I always like to be like, how do I frame this to different people? And I think sometimes it can get frustrating to be able to be like, no, it's not about the shady site. It's actually about safety and consent. And it's about a tech threat that you don't realize

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

Then it goes to democracy where we can make anyone say anything. And then it goes to conspiracy. So I always like to be like, how do I frame this to different people? And I think sometimes it can get frustrating to be able to be like, no, it's not about the shady site. It's actually about safety and consent. And it's about a tech threat that you don't realize

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

It's not what all the tech bros are talking about, which is AI becoming conscious and like Terminator. I'm like, no, no, no. This threat is already here and it's impacting your children. And I think sometimes that can be frustrating to me because I'm sometimes a couple of years ahead on this and I feel like I talk about it and people are like, huh?

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

It's not what all the tech bros are talking about, which is AI becoming conscious and like Terminator. I'm like, no, no, no. This threat is already here and it's impacting your children. And I think sometimes that can be frustrating to me because I'm sometimes a couple of years ahead on this and I feel like I talk about it and people are like, huh?

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

It's not what all the tech bros are talking about, which is AI becoming conscious and like Terminator. I'm like, no, no, no. This threat is already here and it's impacting your children. And I think sometimes that can be frustrating to me because I'm sometimes a couple of years ahead on this and I feel like I talk about it and people are like, huh?