Just A Quick PSA For People Using Voice ID For 2FA

I haven’t seen a post about this here so I wanted to get the word out to people who may not have heard about this.

A lot of banks, exchanges, and government agencies have been adding Voice ID as a method to verify your account. If you have that selected as your 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) method and post videos (or really anything online with you speaking) you may be at risk to having AI duplicate your voice and get into your accounts.

There have also been quite a few instances of people getting a call from “a relative” who says they need bail money or for you to wire them money for some reason. This one is really dangerous because many people won’t even consider to verify that it’s the actual person on the phone. It sounds just like them so who else could it be?

I didn’t link to any specific articles or anything like that because there’s a ton online so I’m sure your news channels of choice will have something on it.