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July 14, 2025 β€’ 35 mins

πŸŽ™ In this episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, we dive deep into the unsettling reality of AI in modern cybercrime.

Senator Marco Rubio was impersonated by AI in a high-level cyber deception campaign, and that's just the beginning.

Frank and Dustin unpack:

🧠 Deepfake threats to democracy

πŸ” Signal messaging & nation-state exploitation

πŸ§ͺ Data poisoning and post-truth dangers

πŸ›‘οΈ AI in cybersecurity: helper or hazard?

🎭 Aquaman scams grandma?!

πŸ—³οΈ The future of elections in the AI age

This is the episode that asks: What is truth? And can we still trust anything we see or hear?

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Chapter Breaks:

00:00 – Welcome to the AI Chaos

01:00 – Marco Rubio’s Deepfake Scandal

03:30 – Signal App, Trust, and Exploitation

06:00 – Grandma Got Catfished by Aquaman (Real Story)

08:30 – AI: Making Hacking Easier or Dumber?

11:00 – Prompt Injection, Scambaiting, and Evil Clippy

13:30 – Deepfakes vs. Quantum Computing

16:00 – The Dystopia of AI Dating and β€œSpin the DJ”

19:00 – Truth, Misinformation, and Model Poisoning

23:00 – Blockchain for Truth? (Business Idea Alert)

25:30 – Star Wars, White Lotus, and the Collapse of Truth

28:00 – Elections, Echo Chambers, and Deniability

30:00 – Vetting Info in the AI Age

33:00 – Should ChatGPT Run a Town?

34:00 – Final Thoughts + Next Episode Preview (The Economics of Cyber)

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