AI: adult version of child warns about network risk – 07/24/2023 – Tech

Video on TikTok gained 12.5 million views by showing how strangers take a photo of the girl Ella, 9, posted by her parents on social networks and, with the help of artificial intelligence, create an adult version of the child.

The material is part of a campaign by Germany’s largest telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, to raise awareness of the risk of posting photos of children on the internet.

In a movie theater, where Ella’s family was among the spectators, the German company displays an alert message read by the adult Ella. Telecom clarifies that the material is fictional and aims to show the consequences of disclosing images online.

Criminals can use photos of children for fraud, scamming or commercial misuse. With artificial intelligence, it is possible to use images of children to give rise to false identities, such as showing advertisement for Deutsche Telekom.

Brazilian investment influencer Léo Jaguaribe released the video on Instagram and stated that the risks with deep fakes – videos that clone people’s images and voices – include pornography.

report by Sheet showed that it is possible to clone a voice with five minutes of audio for US$ 5 (R$ 25). A face-copy video costs US$500 (R$2,500) and requires a 4K resolution image, with good lighting.

Campaign would be banned in Brazil

In Brazil, replicating what was staged in the campaign would be prohibited. The LGPD (General Data Protection Law) ensures that the processing of personal data of children must be used with the specific consent given by at least one of the parents or legal guardian.

The Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA) also establishes protections for children and adolescents in terms of image, privacy and intimacy.

The guardians themselves, however, can expose information about the children, which they are not always in a position to assent. Material from Deutsche Telekom shows that more than 75% of parents publish photos of their children. Eight out of ten have followers they never meet. The advertisement does not clarify whether the numbers are valid only for Germany.

The advertisement shows a photo of Ella with her naked torso obtained from her parents’ social networks.

It is important to strengthen media literacy, review the approach to data protection and handle sensitive information with due care to prevent unwanted damage, says the video’s statement.

The owner of Meta, which controls Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg, always covers his children’s faces when he publishes images of them. People commented on a recent photo of the executive that not even he trusted the security of his own networks.

The privacy guide of Cert.br (Center for Studies, Response and Treatment of Security Incidents in Brazil) indicates that people keep their profiles private and be selective with the friends they accept.

Using strong passwords, with numbers, letters and symbols, and avoiding repeating them also makes it difficult for malicious people to access the profile. The most essential thing is to avoid publishing any compromising images.

The valid care for children, in general, also works for adults.