>We're now reaching the point where anyone can photoshop an image with intent to deceive
>We're now reaching the point where anyone can film a scene with intent to deceive
>We're now reaching the point where anyone can stage a photograph with intent to deceive
>We're now reaching the point where anyone can mass-produce pamphlets with intent to deceive
>We're now reaching the point where anyone can cheaply replicate a signet ring to pose as a member of our House
>We're now reaching the point where anyone can write a letter impersonating the King
>We're now reaching the point where...
It's funny how little humans change. Think about how, for every single one of the above technologies, many people reacted with the same sense of doom and gloom, induced by a novel technology, yet the general was no different, only the particular. Something else interesting, is many of us relish in this doom-mongering. Again, this is not something new either, as reactionary doomsayers and the cults they've spawned have been coming and going for thousands of years.
I find it useful to remind myself that technologies and socio-philosophical trends come and go, yet man remains fundamentally the same. In times of uncertainty, it's comforting, and informs me how to act.