Privacy

32159 readers

592 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
Be nice :)

Related communities

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

242

There is software available on github right now that lets you deepfake in real time. (youtu.be)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

48 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Still better than nothing. Although most of those seem to be training people that "who said it" is how truthfulness of a statement should be judged which is exactly backwards.

[–] Chiro@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

The value of “who said it” is to help you recognize their motivation. Anyone trying to convince you of something has a vested interest in their position. Understanding the speaker is critical in understanding their position.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

The point is to understand the concept of credibility. Who said it matters. Some people have a demonstrated history if credibility. Some people have a demonstrated history of incredibly.