identity theft

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Identity theft is when someone's crediential and personal information are either stolen or drawn from the internet and then used to impersonate the person. This can be done by human thieves, but increasingly AI is used to harvest data, falsify voices, and otherwaise increase the speed and convincingness of attacks.

Used on Chap. 20: page 502