Oct 16, 2018
Craig is on with Jim Polito on WTAG as the discuss how a fake video could start a war as well as what you need to do before and after you lose your phone.
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Transcript:
Below is a rush transcript of this segment, it might contain errors.
Airing date: 10/16/2018
Could Fake Video Start A War - What To Do About Lost Phones
Craig Peterson: [00:00:00] Hey, good morning, everybody. This is a little late. Sorry yesterday. I had an injury with Jim Polito as I do most Tuesday mornings and we talked about a couple of things. First of all, what are the implications of these newer pieces of software some of them are absolutely free that allow you to manipulate video and manipulated to a degree that you could make a video showing people doing things that they never did and have it be very convincing so I really great, very interesting topic with Jim this yesterday morning. And then we also went into one other topic kind of quickly and that's all about your phone and what to do before and after your phone is stolen. So some really good tips today for everybody whether you're in business or retired, or just a regular old home. Bobby's Oh, you
Unknown 1:00
Here we go with Mr. Polito. Here's the guy who made things like I
Heart Radio possible. While because of the internet, he actually
wrote code that is still in use today. And I'm talking about our
good friend Craig Peterson. Who I just I think I just hung up on
guys. I I I really think I just hung up on Craig Peterson. I mean,
how do I do that? When you put an idiot in charge? That's what you
get. Right, buddy?
Unknown 1:35
You know it. I really have to feel sorry for you. And for so many
other people, because it has just gotten way too complicated.
Unknown 1:46
Too bad. It's not complicated. Actually. Smart people like you have
made it easier for us user-friendly as they say. And now I just hit
the wrong button. And that's all that's all it takes. Greg. That's
all well hey, listen.
Unknown 2:00
We've got a lot of stuff to discuss today. And don't forget, folks
at the end of this segment, Craig's going to give you a number. If
you text my name, you'll get all this information plus more
standard data and text rates apply. Craig, I want to talk about
this because it is something that scares me in this day and age. I
think it's cool. But in terms of fake news, politics,
Unknown 2:24
terrorism,
Unknown 2:27
the deep fakes 2.0 a computer that can already create condensing
fake videos of anyone I've heard glenn beck talk about this. And
while it is really cool, I mean, in the wrong hands, it could be
deadly and I mean that as well. You could take video you could make
a video of President Trump burning the Quran and then distribute
it.
Unknown 3:00
What kind of an impact would that have around the world? And that's
what this computer can do. So why don't we talk about it?
Unknown 3:08
And then and then dropping people into, shall we say, adult
material and videos? Explain to us what this is about.
Unknown 3:18
If you think back a little bit, Jim, can you remember Lord of the
Rings? Of course. Oh, yeah. Moving. Yeah. Oh, sorry if I read those
great popular books when I was in college, but did you ever see
behind the scenes that guy that played oh man document for the name
of the character the meal or what did he call himself precious? You
know, I'm Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Unknown 3:45
Yeah, I know. I know. You're talking about the place. Yes. Yeah,
exactly. Yeah, we're gonna get about a million text. I know. I know
we will. But if you saw behind the scenes, there was an actual
actor.
Unknown 4:00
Who ate that part made all of the movements and actually of course
that the boys and they have those golf balls all over him when they
were filming them. Did you see that? Yeah I know that because I was
just at the Shriners and they use that same technology you know the
suit with the little white golf balls all over it and then you the
person moves in that suit and then a computer can analyze that
movement or in the case of what they do in movies, then you can
have an animated character moving just like a human because you
have mapped that human at the Shriners, they use it to help kids
with mobility issues and with constructing artificial limbs and
things like that. But yeah, so you take something like that. Sure.
Ya know, that's something I think we can kind of relate to that
yesteryears technology
Unknown 5:00
Nowadays, right? And it's you know, it took them 10s of millions of
dollars to to just do that one movie with that, that character
moving around in the movie, right and you know it's continually
getting better you know there's more animation actors are very
concerned that within the next 10 certainly 20 years most of them
will be gone. Alec Baldwin won't have a job anymore. It's it's,
it's all going to change is going to change in a very big way.
Because now there are programs factors deep in some apps that are
available that do this type of analysis that used to require those
little golf balls on the suits. In other words, they can pick out a
face or for instance, you've got a smartphone. Yeah, and you've
taken pictures of people. Have you noticed now how there's a little
square around people's faces automatically on your smartphone where
it is
Unknown 6:00
recognizes that there's a faith there, and then it focuses on that
face. That's the type of tech we're talking about. that's available
today. It recognizes faces. And it can also recognize movement of
faces. The again think of the new Apple iPhone 10 and the ability
to use it John Locke the phone. So with these new app, they are
able to have very convincing for almost no money, very convincing
videos that allow you now to do exactly what you've been talking
about this morning on the show, you know, you could put Elizabeth
Warren's face on a tribal pile participants and you would not
really be able to tell them unless you got right down into it that
it wasn't really Elizabeth Warren that had the Indian blooded
Unknown 6:55
yeah and and it'll match the skin tones it'll match the facial
expression.
Unknown 7:00
it'll match the body movement and the facial expressions jam that's
the magic that's the hardest part of all of this and it's available
now you can you can do all of that stuff you can have it done on
some of these websites out there like fiber and pay a couple
hundred bucks and now you have a convincing video that's going to
you know it's not going to convince the guys in the FBI crime lab
but it is going to convince the people on you know the six o'clock
news yeah and not just the six o'clock news so I could use it
against a political enemy but like I said you could use it in an
international incident you know remember but Ghazi Hillary claimed
it was a video record she was lying but you actually could make a
video and you could stir up unrest and a country you could start a
war anything it's gonna happen Jim you're right with
Unknown 8:00
Why, you know, it could happen today. This is the type of thing to
think about how World War One started, right? We all had alliances
all of these countries. Yeah, one lower ranking guy was shot and
all of a sudden we are engaged in a world or and you could have
convincing videos of the beheading, that didn't even harping right
with people involved that weren't anywhere near the site. So today
it's people's faces being plopped onto porn actors. And isn't that
funny? Yeah, but it's it's a scary bit of technology. And today for
you know, $50,000 you could very easily have a video made that's
going to convince all but the absolute best tech people in the
world that's $50,000 down from what was millions just a few years
ago.
Unknown 9:00
Yeah, we're talking with Craig Peterson, our tech talk guru and
we'll tell you where you can get all this information at the
end.
Unknown 9:11
This is something I wanted to discuss, because it does happen to
people frequently losing your phone, and you've got a little tip
here on everything you should do before and after you lose your
phone. And it happens to all of us.
Unknown 9:31
Yeah,
Unknown 9:33
absolutely true. I've got the article up on my website, but there
are about 10 different steps things you need to do before and then
after great article up on wired.com. But here's the bottom line you
in this day and age you have to assume a couple of things. First of
all, you have to assume that you are going to be hacked. Okay.
Unknown 10:00
So when you set up those financial accounts, when you're trying to
get your retirement accounts in order, assume that you're going to
be hacked or the to have been hacked when you're setting them up.
So yeah, same thing with your password your phone, assume that
you're going to lose it. So make sure you've got a really great
little passcode on that phone. a four digit passcodes. Not enough
anymore. Yeah, I use the cloud. It should passcode. Maybe I'm a
little paranoid. I don't know. You know, you're you're in the
business, you know? Yes, absolutely. And managed services
providers, which is what my company does. The FBI just came out and
said, We are the number one target because we have access to our
clients, competitors, right. Right. So I get to you that I can get
to all of your clients. Exactly right. So they're going after me
now my business so on our phone we not we have these 12 digit
passcodes because
Unknown 11:00
There might be client information on them. Everything on the phone
is encrypted. And then on top of had we have everything inside of
encrypted falls on our phones and on our computers, and that's
something by the way, if you have any personally identifiable
information about clients or other thing and you're an accountant
or your lawyer or you know, the list goes on and on, you have to
have a higher standard or security. So make sure if your phone is
going to be lost, and it will be right eventually it's going to be
stolen or alive. They can't get into it. And if they do get into
it, make sure none of that information is useful at all to the to
the bad guy and make sure you have backups. I do not accept my
phone to the cloud. I back it up encrypted backup to my local
machine so that I have it and I can restore at will and if you have
an iPhone make sure you turn on
Unknown 12:00
Find My iPhone, right? Because that lets you remotely wipe your
iPhone. And that's frankly, that's a really good thing. Here's the
bad guy who has your iPhone sitting there looking at it and all of
a sudden it comes up with the Apple logo because it's been
completely wipe. There's no way for them to recover it and there's
no way for them to use your iPhone without your iCloud password. So
it's useless to them. So there's a few real I think, really good
tips here. It's going to be lost. Make sure it's secure, and make
sure the data on it secure. same trick for your laptop. Yeah, make
sure that it's that way. All right, Craig. That was very, very
helpful. Very, very helpful. So folks, if you want to get this kind
of stuff and you want more and you don't want to be bothered,
though, and be tried to be sold something or you don't want to
worry about getting hacked is very simple all that you do.
Unknown 13:00
Text My name to this number
Unknown 13:03
855-385-5563. That's 855-385-5553. That's right. Standard data and
text rates will apply. But you're gonna love all of the information
that you get. Craig, that was a great segment with you really
appreciate it. We'll talk to you next week. Hey, thanks, Jim. Bye
bye. When we return
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Hey, by the way, next week, I'm going to be running webinars on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, open to the general public. I have a closed one for FBI Infragard on Thursday. But Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, we're going to be going through that really kind of an assessment here. Where's your business hat? What's your security standards? What should you be doing? So we have all of that up on my website just go to http://craigpeterson.com. You can register at the home page. Take care. Have a great day. And we will be probably putting out two of these today because I already was on the stations up in Maine with Ken and Matt. So we'll probably be talking to you very shortly. Take care.
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