Lesson 115 · 2 min
Set up a family password
A secret word your family agrees on in person is a simple test that no voice clone or fake video can pass.
Fakes are getting better, and you cannot win every guessing game about whether a voice is real. A shared secret moves the test from "does it sound right" to "do they know the word".
Choose something easy to remember but impossible to look up: not a pet's name, a birthday or anything you have posted. A silly phrase from a family trip works well.
Agree on the rule out loud: any call or message asking for money or urgent help must include the word. If the caller cannot say it, you hang up and call back.
Share it only face to face, never in a chat group. Change it if you think someone outside the family has heard it, and remind older relatives every few months.
Do it now
Choose your word tonight
- 1. At dinner or on a call where everyone can hear, suggest a few odd phrases and pick one.
- 2. Each person says it back once, so nobody forgets it.
- 3. Write the rule somewhere visible for grandparents: "No password, no money."
Quick check
Words from this lesson
- Voice cloning
- Using AI to copy someone's voice from a short recording so it can say anything. Common in phone scams.
- Deepfake
- A fake video, photo or audio clip made with AI to show a real person saying or doing something they never did.