— It’s simple. At night, I received a call from my little sister, saying that she had been kidnapped and was being asked for a ransom. I always record all conversations. So, I can swear, it was her voice calling! They were urgently asking for a ransom. I was talking to her, and I automatically sent a request to her smartphone to find out where she was. And imagine my surprise when I saw that her phone was at home. And why was she calling me? In short, I said that I understood everything and asked the kidnappers to call again, since I don’t keep that kind of money at home. I hung up and called my sister back. My sister was indignant for a long time that I woke her up at two in the morning, but when she heard it, she was just as puzzled as I was.
- Of course. And it was all a scam. But that's not what's interesting, and that's not why I invited you all. It's interesting that not only I couldn't distinguish my sister's voice, but neither could Mom and Dad. How?
- I think, Rita, even I can help there. You know that a year ago we were talking about home toys that could record children's voices. Well, when Karl got serious about this, we discovered a database with 2 million recorded children's voices. And if you consider that today it is enough to intercept only 20 voices to fake a voice and pronunciation, I think such attacks will become widespread.
- Boss, but this is a nightmare!
- Of course! But what can we do? We can't ban "smart" toys, because children's voices will continue to gather. Explain to moms and dads that such toys are unsafe? But will they listen to us? I can, with the help of the emperor, ban the import of such toys into the country. But will it help?