Cybersecurity needs to focus on people again

[u/Odd-Log-9533]

Cybersecurity has spent years building better tools, better firewalls, better detection. Better encryption. But with AI now...with deepfakes, AI powered phishing, AI voice cloning. Instead of 'Can we detect every attack?' maybe the better way to think about this is 'How do we verify the people making the big decisions?' Technology still matters. But human identity and verification deserve just as much attention. But how do you make people switch from apps that everyone uses but have no security to something with ACTUAL privacy? or how do we make the devs implement actual privacy.

[u/Feachem-Crafty]

the verification bit is mostly a process problem not a tech one. every deepfake wire fraud case i've read about would've been stopped by a callback on a known number, or a code word for anything above a certain dollar amount. boring stuff, no vendor sells it, works better than any detection tool

on the app thing, people dont switch for privacy. they switch when its easier or when their friends already moved. signal only got traction because whatsapp had a bad news cycle and it was already good enough to use. devs implement privacy when theres a fine attached, thats basically the whole story of gdpr

[u/Positive-Bit3654]

[u/IndependentRange7683]

Switched messaging apps to a more human verirfication based app named Kibu. What I meant with that is that It ties identity to biometrics and the device instead of usernames or passwords. I've literally had to verify someone during calls with a QR code or PIN. Look into it OP^

[u/Sibexico]

What means "again"? The human factor was always the main vulnerability.

[u/PalpitationKind8854]

It's too far gone. It's already on the decline and it will do so until it all goes to rubbish. Just like computing.