Outside of porn, I'm wondering if this could be used in other ways, e.g. government propaganda. Putting leaders in situations that make them look good or putting their opponents in compromising situations.
There was also a livestream in which he supposedly gave a "proof of life" by reading out a bitcoin block hash, among other things.
Do you think that one was faked too?
I'm excited about the technology though concerned about possible abuses.
Here you go: (SFW)
https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/07/11/lip-syncing-obama...
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25118156
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/gchq-using-online...
My comment was not intended to absolve America. Parse it more carefully and you will see its meaning.
Because, yes, America's record is imperfect. At times, unsavory things have been done for the "right" reasons, and at other times for the wrong by those abusing power. Even when well-intentioned, championing certain ideals in a hostile world can be a messy business. We can debate the morality around those trade-offs but, in any case, we should all wish for America to live up to its ideals.
Yet, there's a tipping point at which you realize that there are some who are not interested in highlighting America's missteps for the purpose of perfecting it, but instead for the purpose of diminishing it and elevating other actors. Snowden and Greenwald come to mind. How is it that they so consistently focus on America's misdeeds while promoting the narrative of actors with far more dubious track records, wherein dissidents are not just smeared, but actively "disappeared" and more?
Today, America is being destroyed from within and without. It goes beyond a failing to live up to its ideals to a direct attack on the ideals themselves. So, I would simply urge caution. America is not perfect, but the alternative on-offer is far worse.