According to a report by Jiangsu Public News Channel "News 360": Importing a static avatar photo on the mobile phone software can generate a wonderful and emotional video, and even replace the avatar of the movie character with your own. Recently, On some short video platforms, a "ant ah hey" theme video has become popular, and many people are trying it. However, it was soon reported that the related software had been removed from the shelves. What was the reason behind this? Does this seemingly fun technology pose a security risk?
Many netizens followed suit and imitated this theme video, which made dynamic expressions of people in static photos. Many short video bloggers also launched detailed production tutorials. But after only seven or eight days of popularity, the related production software was quietly removed from the shelves. Cyber security experts said that, just like the popular “ZAO” video software in 2019, the reason is that there are huge hidden network security risks behind it. With the rapid development of computer deep learning technology, intelligent face transformation is becoming more and more realistic.
Song Yubo, associate professor of the School of Cyberspace Security of Southeast University, said that if you look carefully, some details are not too natural, but you can still see the effect of image generation. But as these technologies continue to mature in the future, including the continuous improvement of hardware computing performance, the fidelity of these images will become higher and higher. In the future, it is very likely that these fake images that are finally generated can deceive or bypass the facial recognition software that is now dependent.
Professor Song said that as early as 2019, the National Cyberspace Administration of China has issued relevant regulations requiring that the production, release, and dissemination of informal audio and video information based on new technologies and new applications such as deep learning and virtual reality should be marked in a prominent way. . However, as face recognition is used in more and more scenarios such as access control systems, mobile banking, and online transactions, things are becoming more convenient and more efficient. These fake videos are also more and more potential risks. .
Song Yubo worries that criminals or hackers who steal images to generate corresponding videos for identity deception will cause the victims to lose money. This is more harmful to individuals. Under normal circumstances, it is not recommended that you spread it at will, especially the photo of your own profile picture on social networking sites.
All kinds of application software are really getting more and more fun, but everyone must protect their personal portraits and personal information while playing well, to avoid unnecessary losses, and hope that the relevant regulatory authorities can keep up in time to eliminate the Internet Security risks.