AI Is Now Faking Loved Ones and Setting Prices

AI is no longer just answering prompts — it is imitating dead relatives, profiling shoppers, and helping companies decide what people pay. That matters because the same hidden data systems behind convenience can reshape grief, prices, privacy, work, and trust without clear consent. In this episode of Legitimate Cybersecurity, Frank Downs and Dr. Dustin Brewer break down a disturbing wave of AI and surveillance stories: AI avatars of deceased loved ones, Maryland’s move against surveillance pricing, Washington’s restrictions around public access to ALPR data, Virginia’s precise geolocation data ban, deepfake CEO scams, remote hiring impersonation, and employee webcam monitoring. The big question: When AI can imitate people, price you individually, and watch you at work, what does consent even mean anymore? Media/interview: [email protected] Audio: https://legitimatecybersecurity.podbean.com/ Chapters: 00:00 — AI avatars of dead loved ones 01:19 — Grief, deception, and consent 02:48 — When an AI “person” is not really a person 04:00 — Frank’s Afghanistan story and withheld grief 07:14 — The problem with resurrecting people through AI 09:16 — AI ghosts, Benjamin Franklin, and Disney presidents 10:58 — Maryland moves against surveillance pricing 12:37 — When dynamic pricing becomes predatory 14:38 — Market pricing vs. personal profiling 15:35 — Washington limits access to ALPR data 18:10 — Virginia bans precise geolocation data sales 21:30 — Location data, pricing, and individual targeting 22:56 — Deepfake CEO scams and wire-transfer fraud 24:17 — The “three-finger test” for deepfakes 26:04 — Remote hiring scams and AI impersonation 28:23 — Laptop farms, proxies, and scam infrastructure 29:56 — Employee webcam and microphone monitoring 34:30 — Final thoughts: stay dressed at work #ai #cybersecurity #privacy #surveillance #dataprivacy #Deepfakes #geolocation #SurveillancePricing #remotework #legitimatecybersecurity