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

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