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AI scam calls use voice samples to create deepfakes, warns Brian Long.

Long advises using robotic voicemail greetings to protect against voice cloning.

Posting personal videos online may expose voices to AI scam risks, Long cautions.

SALT LAKE CITY — That automatic, robotic message you often get when your call gets sent to someone's voicemail? Yeah, I agree. It's so impersonal, so boring and so lame.

Naw — it's perfect for protecting your identity from being used in AI scam calls, said Brian Long, CEO of cybersecurity firm Adaptive Security.

"Your voicemail greeting is the only thing an attacker needs to make a deepfake of your voice," Long said.

He said one of the biggest schemes bad guys pull with AI is imposter scams.

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