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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google/Microsoft AI phone monitoring and false

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Google/Microsoft AI phone monitoring and false positives

I received this (public) response to my discussion of Google's and
Microsoft's plans to monitor phone calls with AI to alert people about
what the AI perceives to be "scams" ...

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    @lauren I can't get over how insanely obvious the false positives will
    be. Every person who cares for a loved one that is old, or otherwise
    unable to do some life and finance chores for themselves will cause
    this thing to alert about possible scams. We routinely talk to elderly
    parents about money, telling them what to deposit or transfer or
    withdraw. Which bills to pay, which account to take the money from,
    etc.

    These technologies have so little hope of succeeding and so much
    likelihood of confusing and harassing people who already struggle with
    modern technology. Our elderly relatives who struggle to login to
    their online banking are not going to know what to do with an
    #AI-generated #fraud alert. They simply won't understand.

    Paco Hope
    @paco@infosec.exchange

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