🎙 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
🔐 Signal messaging & nation-state exploitation
🧪 Data poisoning and post-truth dangers
🛡️ AI in cybersecurity: helper or hazard?
🎭 Aquaman scams grandma?!
🗳️ 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 “Spin 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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