I compared a cheap deepfake detector app versus the real FBI tool from 2023

My buddy sent me a video last month of a politician saying something wild in a press conference from Austin. I ran it through some $4.99 app from the Google Play store and it said 94% real. Then I uploaded a clip to the FBI's free deepfake detection tool they released last year and it flagged it as 78% fake with specific artifacts around the mouth. One was just trying to sell me something and the other actually had data to back it up. Has anyone else run into these sketchy scanner apps that claim to work but just give you random numbers?

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pat78115d ago

So what happens when those cheap apps are just feeding your data into some random server while acting like they're checking the video? @max_brown is right that they're probably scraping way more than they should be for five bucks. The FBI tool at least has some transparency around how it works and who built it, even if it's overkill for most people. But I'd rather give my clips to a government system with actual accountability than some sketchy app that could sell that data to anyone.

nguyen.morgan15d ago

I mean, are you really gonna lose sleep over a $5 app trying to sell you something? The FBI tool is probably overkill for 99% of the stuff people actually see.

max_brown15d ago

Point out that $5 apps often scrape way more data than their price tag suggests.