AI is no longer just answering prompts — it is imitating dead relatives, profiling shoppers, and helping companies decide what people pay.
That matters because the same hidden data systems behind convenience can reshape grief, prices, privacy, work, and trust without clear consent.
In this episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, Frank Downs and Dr. Dustin Brewer break down a disturbing wave of AI and surveillance stories: AI avatars of deceased loved ones, Maryland’s move against surveillance pricing, Washington’s restrictions around public access to ALPR data, Virginia’s precise geolocation data ban, deepfake CEO scams, remote hiring impersonation, and employee webcam monitoring.
The big question: When AI can imitate people, price you individually, and watch you at work, what does consent even mean anymore?
Media/interview: admin@legitimatecybersecurity.com
Audio: https://legitimatecybersecurity.podbean.com/
Chapters:
00:00 — AI avatars of dead loved ones
01:19 — Grief, deception, and consent
02:48 — When an AI “person” is not really a person
04:00 — Frank’s Afghanistan story and withheld grief
07:14 — The problem with resurrecting people through AI
09:16 — AI ghosts, Benjamin Franklin, and Disney presidents
10:58 — Maryland moves against surveillance pricing
12:37 — When dynamic pricing becomes predatory
14:38 — Market pricing vs. personal profiling
15:35 — Washington limits access to ALPR data
18:10 — Virginia bans precise geolocation data sales
21:30 — Location data, pricing, and individual targeting
22:56 — Deepfake CEO scams and wire-transfer fraud
24:17 — The “three-finger test” for deepfakes
26:04 — Remote hiring scams and AI impersonation
28:23 — Laptop farms, proxies, and scam infrastructure
29:56 — Employee webcam and microphone monitoring
34:30 — Final thoughts: stay dressed at work
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