Prashant,
I need your help to conduct a small experiment as
described in following blog ( still incomplete / unpublished )
Pl give me a ring after you had a chance to study it
Hcp
Scary ? Yes
/ Possible ? No doubt !
Imagine this scenario :
·
A
Cyber-Criminal types in Google : justice dipak misra
·
Selects
: Videos
·
Finds
: About 40,700
results (0.12 seconds)
·
Extracts audio of Shri Misra’s speech , using : Audio
Converter
·
Pastes this Audio file into : Lyrebird { https://lyrebird.ai/ } , to generate a “
Digital Voice “ of Shri Misra ( FREE ) which sounds exactly
like Shri Misra !
That Cyber criminal carefully reads FAQ ( https://lyrebird.ai/faq/ ) , which
tell him :
How can you clone a voice with so little data?
What
are the applications of the technology?
I have
a lot of audio recordings, can you create higher quality voices?
Do you
have concerns about potential misuses of the technology?
Is
there a way to distinguish between a genuine voice and an artificial voice?
·
Then he looks up :
·
Then he prepares following judgement (
fake , no doubt ) that he wants Shri Misra’s fake video to deliver in his
realistic sounding “ digital voice “ , using indistinguishable facial features
/ gestures / mannerism / expressions etc that would “ fool “ the most
tech-savvy :
·
“ For past few months, we have heard arguments
from the learned advocates of , both the petitioners and of the government , in
respect of the legitimacy of linking Aadhar ID to a large number of government
schemes
We have been told that such universal linkages will
take away a citizen’s fundamental “ Right to Privacy “ and lead to a “
Surveillance State “ having draconian powers over the citizens
At the same time, we have been keeping a close watch
on the following developments :
# With each passing day ,
millions of Indian Citizens are getting access to internet
# These millions are daily
downloading millions of Mobile Apps ( including Mobile wallets ) and providing
personal data to millions of E Commerce web sites / Search Engines
/ Social Media web sites / Messaging applications / Fintech services /
Travel services etc, using GPS enabled Smart phones / Glasses / Wrist Bands /
Smart Watches / Home Assistant Devices etc
# The data provided by these
Citizens for getting an Aadhar ID is miniscule in comparison with the personal
/ private data that the Citizens are already providing to these non-state
agencies
# Most citizens , while
accessing such services are agreeing that the service provider can use their
personal data in any way it deems fit and share it with anyone else , without
telling / informing the user as to the actual usage or sharing
# The number of Internet-connected
devices ( and, without doubt , GPS enabled ) are growing exponentially and
expected to reach 50 device per person by 2020
# Each of these devices will be
embedded with micro-sensors which will pick-up all the personal / private
conversations of a user and transmit it to the Central servers of , not only
the device manufacturers but also of the Internet Service providers involved .
For doing this , the devices will carry an automatic “ Activation Clause /
Terms “ which will grant to these devices, unfettered rights ( by the user ) to
do so
# Advances in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning /
AR / VR / Hepatic Devices / Holograms etc are progressing so rapidly that
, as per recent scientific predictions, by 2022 , Robots will become commonplace in most
middle-income homes, able to reliably read lips and recognize face, mouth and
hand gestures. All toys will be “smart” with built-in machine learning
# Scientists also seem to agree that
content in all of its form ( textual - audio – video – sensory ) , generated by
all human beings on the earth will get captured automatically / continuously
and flow seamlessly , across billions of internet connected devices and will no
more remain confined to a few servers . All of this will happen involuntarily
and an individual will have neither any say on this nor will anyone be able to
opt-out from this scenario. This flow of a person’s private data will start
from birth
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