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More than half of Americans reported receiving at least one scam call per day in 2024. To combat the rise of sophisticated conversational scams that deceive victims over the course of a phone call, we introduced Scam Detection late last year to U.S.-based English-speaking Phone by Google public beta users on Pixel phones.

We use AI models processed on-device to analyze conversations in real-time and warn users of potential scams. If a caller, for example, tries to get you to provide payment via gift cards to complete a delivery, Scam Detection will alert you through audio and haptic notifications and display a warning on your phone that the call may be a scam.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In some countries and, (if not mistaken) states in USA, if an AI is listening to a conversation, both parties must be made aware. If they don't notify the other end, they'll be violating regulations. Privacy erosion and manipulation likelihood aside, this is a terrible idea.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

When the phone is answered the AI is the one speaking and tells the person calling that it's a bot who'll pass the info to the actual user

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 10 hours ago

That's not the same as recording the call. Once the call is transferred, it is expected for the bot to stop listening, unless it state that it's part of the call (which it doesn't).

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

they'll be violating regulations.

sure pops! and they will get a mean fine ;)

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Who? Google? Google won't even get slapped on the wrists. I'm talking about the users using this (unwittingly or otherwise, the law doesn't care). Even if they don't care about the privacy implications nor the abuse of the tech, they are opening themselves up for some serious liabilities.

Edit: mistype