Daily Tracing sources to avoid deep fake audios and videos

 

I knew this day would come, I just did not realize how soon it would be upon us. But here we are, living and breathing in the land of DEEP FAKE AUDIO and VIDEO Technology! So, thankfully yesterday I found a helpful recent article, published by Illinois State University! 

I'm extremely grateful for their list of 8 ways to spot a Deepfake: Please note all eight ways advise the reader to PAY ATTENTION and this notice to PAY ATTENTION note reminds me of Mark 13:35!

The eight steps below are Per the Illinois State University and MIT: 

Spotting Deepfakes

Identifying deepfakes can be challenging without the assistance of emerging technologies. When watching a video that seems suspicious, follow this advice from MIT Media Lab:

1. Pay attention to the face. High-end DeepFake manipulations are almost always facial transformations. 
2. Pay attention to the cheeks and forehead. Does the skin appear too smooth or too wrinkly? Is the agedness of the skin similar to the agedness of the hair and eyes? DeepFakes are often incongruent on some dimensions.
3. Pay attention to the eyes and eyebrows. Do shadows appear in places that you would expect? DeepFakes often fail to fully represent the natural physics of a scene. 
4. Pay attention to the glasses. Is there any glare? Is there too much glare? Does the angle of the glare change when the person moves? Once again, DeepFakes often fail to fully represent the natural physics of lighting.
5. Pay attention to the facial hair or lack thereof. Does this facial hair look real? DeepFakes might add or remove a mustache, sideburns, or beard. But, DeepFakes often fail to make facial hair transformations fully natural.
6. Pay attention to facial moles.  Does the mole look real? 
7. Pay attention to blinking. Does the person blink enough or too much? 
8. Pay attention to the size and color of the lips. Does the size and color match the rest of the person's face?

Try it out! Can you Detect Fakes?

Remember that even if you can't identify whether the video is a deepfake just by watching it, you can use SIFT to find out more information and determine if the video is trustworthy.

The eight steps plus information above are Per the Illinois State University and MIT: 

In addition, "Using the simple four step SIFT METHOD of training ones self to be a RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE member of society is the job of every single person who routinely or professionally posts and or shares ANYTHING on the internet from now until the end of time."

The SIFT method below is Per the Illinois State University and MIT: 

Fact Check with SIFT - Fake or Fact?

The SIFT method above is Per the Illinois State University and MIT: