[changoplatanero]

Isn't it also possible to scam people in in person meetings by pretending to be someone you aren't? The new thing with deepfakes is that you can pretend to be someone that the victim knows.

[tompccs]

Yes but the cost is much higher as is the risk of being caught and arrested.

[another-dave]

When you say in-person in that sense, do you mean video call rather than DM?

I took the GP comment to mean truly in-person, like face-to-face across a table

[tgv]

Yes, you can also bludgeon someone to death with a rock, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea for everyone to have nukes.

[cageface]

Scaling up in-person fraud is also much, much harder.