Mitchell & Webb Sound - Identity Theft

Did the world become a much worse place when the internet arrived, or did the positives end up outweighing the negatives? There were a few years where Nigerian scammers could convince grandma they were a prince who needed a bank transfer, but eventually grandma figured out the scam. I don't see why AI would be any different - sure, there may be an increase in new scams for a few years, but people will learn and adapt, like they always have. And meanwhile the positive aspects of AI will have a positive impact on society. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater because we can imagine all the ways to abuse new technology. Maybe instead of freaking out and trying to restrict innovation, we should be working on insurance products to mitigate the financial risk of scams, and educational content to reduce their effectiveness. The fact that many scams are even possible in the first place stems from the absurd idea that "identity theft" is your fault [0], so maybe we could start there. If my bank uses my voice as my password, or if my phone company is willing to present fraudulent caller ID telling me it really is my son calling to ask for money, then is the problem really the scammers, or is it the easily defraudable systems with no incentives to reduce abuse of their platforms? [0] [VIDEO]

"No, you see, it was your identity ... they said they were you." "And you believed them?" "Yes they stole your identity." "Well, I don't know because I think I have my identity, whereas you seemed to have lost several thousands of pounds..." [VIDEO]

> how can they justify blacklisting you with a credit check bureau On the last Anthem story, someone linked this Mitchell & Webb audio clip: [VIDEO] which completely nails it.

A comedic explanation is given by Mitchell & Webb: [VIDEO] "Some logged in on the bank website and committed identity theft electronically." "I see, did they take anything else?" "Uh, no." "Oh, good, so all the money's still there?" "What?" It's just my identity that's gone. None of your money?"

Presumably we're ignoring Identity Fraud when we say banking is doing pretty fine? Obligatory Mitchell and Webb "Identity Theft" link: [VIDEO]

Mitchell and Web: identity theft [VIDEO] Another lie from the bankers that our advertising hungry media repeats.

This came up on a different hn thread recently: > This reminds me of a great Mitchell and Webb sketch. [VIDEO]

> “It’s not a best practice to share that information publicly,” said Eva Velasquez, the president and chief executive of the Identity Theft Resource Center. “If you don’t have protections in place, there are sophisticated schemes and ways someone could access those funds knowing the account and routing number and the individual person it belongs to.” Ah yes, identity theft. Otherwise known as bank robbery. [0] [0] [VIDEO]