There is a social media trend that is making the rounds called “hug your younger self.” A quick search engine search shows that there’s all sorts of websites that will generate photos of your older and younger self hugging. But all is not what it seems when it comes to these websites according to Dr. Michael Peirce, Chief Scientist of Daon, a leading provider of digital identity solutions that help businesses verify, authenticate, and secure customer identities through biometric and multi-factor authentication.
What risks are associated with uploading childhood and current photos to LLMs?
“The primary risk is the same as loading any other kind of personally identifiable information onto the Internet. You lose all control of your personal data, and how, where, and by whom it is used for all time. It’s very similar to the viral “Tell your friends about yourself by answering 40 questions” game that went around social media for years. While individuals both shared and participated in this innocently, it created a treasure trove of data for fraudsters to use to attack knowledge-based authentication. The same principle exists in this case. Once your image is available online, people with bad intentions can use it for whatever they choose. Add to that the fact that deepfake technology is at the point that a believable image or even video can be generated from a single image, and you have the makings of a significant threat. Once bad actors have a deepfake, it can be used for blackmail, reputational harm, and even to defeat lower quality biometric security.
Furthermore, depending on the terms of usage of the LLMs, photos of your face may be used to help train future LLMs and other AI algorithms. The images might even be sold to other interested parties. Your face or its similarity could even become part of images provided back to other users in response to their LLM prompts. This could include images that, through no intention of the user, closely resemble you appearing in commercial or other applications. Legal precedent for unintentional use of AI generated likeness is still being established.”
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Hug Your Younger Self…. Trend Or Risk?
There is a social media trend that is making the rounds called “hug your younger self.” A quick search engine search shows that there’s all sorts of websites that will generate photos of your older and younger self hugging. But all is not what it seems when it comes to these websites according to Dr. Michael Peirce, Chief Scientist of Daon, a leading provider of digital identity solutions that help businesses verify, authenticate, and secure customer identities through biometric and multi-factor authentication.
What risks are associated with uploading childhood and current photos to LLMs?
“The primary risk is the same as loading any other kind of personally identifiable information onto the Internet. You lose all control of your personal data, and how, where, and by whom it is used for all time. It’s very similar to the viral “Tell your friends about yourself by answering 40 questions” game that went around social media for years. While individuals both shared and participated in this innocently, it created a treasure trove of data for fraudsters to use to attack knowledge-based authentication. The same principle exists in this case. Once your image is available online, people with bad intentions can use it for whatever they choose. Add to that the fact that deepfake technology is at the point that a believable image or even video can be generated from a single image, and you have the makings of a significant threat. Once bad actors have a deepfake, it can be used for blackmail, reputational harm, and even to defeat lower quality biometric security.
Furthermore, depending on the terms of usage of the LLMs, photos of your face may be used to help train future LLMs and other AI algorithms. The images might even be sold to other interested parties. Your face or its similarity could even become part of images provided back to other users in response to their LLM prompts. This could include images that, through no intention of the user, closely resemble you appearing in commercial or other applications. Legal precedent for unintentional use of AI generated likeness is still being established.”
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