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Covert modeling is growing threat to
<big>'''Welcome to Ban Covert Modeling! wiki''' - [[BCM:About|A wiki about]] '''[[Glossary#Appearance and voice theft|why]]''' and '''[[Law proposals to ban covert modeling|how]]''' '''covert modeling''' of the '''human appearance''' and of the '''naked human voice''' should be '''outlawed''' urgently.
# The right to be the only thing that looks like me
# The right to be the only one to be able to make recordings that sound like me


[[File:Deb2000-specular-and-diffuse-reflection-low-res-rip.png|thumb|600px|left|Image 1: Separating specular and diffuse reflected light
Problems are naked '''[[digital look-alikes]]''' and '''[[digital sound-alikes]]''' and an '''[[Adequate Porn Watcher AI]]''' would seem to help a lot with the former.  


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'''[[How to protect yourself and others from covert modeling]]''' | '''[[Law proposals to ban covert modeling]]''' | '''[[Biblical explanation - The Book of Revelations]]''' | '''[[Atheist explanation]]'''
 
'''[[Current laws and their application]]''' | '''[[Resources]]'''  | '''[[Glossary]]''' | '''[[BCM:About|About this wiki]]'''</big>
 
= Covert what?!!??! =
[[File:Deb-2000-reflectance-separation.png|thumb|460px|left|Image 1: Separating specular and diffuse reflected light
 
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(a) Normal image in dot lighting
(a) Normal image in dot lighting
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(b) Image of the diffuse reflection which is caught by placing a vertical polarizer in front of the light source and a horizontal in the front the camera
(b) Image of the diffuse reflection which is caught by placing a vertical polarizer in front of the light source and a horizontal in the front the camera
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(c) Image of the highlight specular reflection which is caught by placing both polarizers vertically
(c) Image of the highlight specular reflection which is caught by placing both polarizers vertically
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(d) Subtraction of c from b, which yields the specular component
(d) Subtraction of c from b, which yields the specular component
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Images are scaled to seem to be the same luminosity.
Images are scaled to seem to be the same luminosity.
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Original image by Debevec et al. – Copyright ACM 2000 – http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=311779.344855 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.]]


[[File:BlV1999-morphable-model-till-match-low-res-rip.png|thumb|left|600px|Image 2 (low resolution rip)  
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<br/>(1) Sculpting a morphable model to one single picture  
Original image by Debevec et al. – Copyright ACM 2000 – https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=311779.344855 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.]]
<br/>(2) Produces 3D approximation  
 
<br/>(4) Texture capture  
[[File:BlV1999-morphable-model-till-match-low-res-rip.png|thumb|right|460px|Image 2 - Sculpting a morphable model to one single picture (low resolution rip)
<br/>(3) The 3D model is rendered back to the image with weight gain  
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<br/>(5) With weight loss  
 
<br/>(6) Looking annoyed  
<br/><br/>(1) Sculpting a morphable model to one single picture  
<br/>(7) Forced to smile  
 
<br/><br/>(2) Produces 3D approximation  
 
<br/><br/>(4) Texture capture  
 
<br/><br/>(3) The 3D model is rendered back to the image with weight gain  
 
<br/><br/>(5) With weight loss  
 
<br/><br/>(6) Looking annoyed  
 
<br/><br/>(7) Forced to smile  
 
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Image 2 by Blanz and Vettel – Copyright ACM 1999 – https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm? doid=311535.311556 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.]]
 
Since the early 00's it has become (nearly) impossible to determine in still or moving pictures what is an image of a human, imaged with a (movie) camera and what on the other hand is a simulation of an image of a human imaged with a simulation of  a camera. When there is '''no camera''' and the target being imaged with a simulation looks deceptively like some real human, dead or living, it is a '''[[digital look-alikes|digital look-alike]]'''.
 
Now in the 2010's the equivalent thing is happening to our '''voices''' i.e. they '''can be stolen''' to some extent with the 2016 prototypes like [[w:Adobe Inc.]]'s [[w:Adobe Voco|w:Adobe Voco]] and [[w:Google]]'s [[w:DeepMind]] [[w:WaveNet]] and '''made to say anything'''. When it is not possible to determine with human testing or testing with technological means what is a recording of some living or dead person's real voice and what is a simulation it is a '''[[digital sound-alikes|digital sound-alike]]'''.
 
As of '''2019''' Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology '''has been used for crimes'''.<ref name="WaPo2019">
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/</ref>
 
Therefore it is high time to '''act''' and to '''[[Law proposals to ban covert modeling|criminalize both covert modeling of the human appearance and the covert modeling of the naked human voice!]]'''
 
== Threats posed by covert modeling ==
'''Covert modeling''' poses growing threats to
# The right to be the only one that looks like me (compromised by [[digital look-alikes]])
# The right to be the only one able to make recordings that sound like me (compromised by [[digital sound-alikes]])
 
And these developments have various severe effects on the right to privacy, provability by audio and video evidence and deniability.
 
 
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Image 2 by Blanz and Vettel – Copyright ACM 1999 – http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm? doid=311535.311556 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.]]
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Latest revision as of 09:19, 12 April 2021

Latest version of this article can be found in Main Page at the stop-synthetic-filth.org wiki

Welcome to Ban Covert Modeling! wiki - A wiki about why and how covert modeling of the human appearance and of the naked human voice should be outlawed urgently.

Problems are naked digital look-alikes and digital sound-alikes and an Adequate Porn Watcher AI would seem to help a lot with the former.

How to protect yourself and others from covert modeling | Law proposals to ban covert modeling | Biblical explanation - The Book of Revelations | Atheist explanation

Current laws and their application | Resources | Glossary | About this wiki

Covert what?!!??!

Image 1: Separating specular and diffuse reflected light

(a) Normal image in dot lighting

(b) Image of the diffuse reflection which is caught by placing a vertical polarizer in front of the light source and a horizontal in the front the camera

(c) Image of the highlight specular reflection which is caught by placing both polarizers vertically

(d) Subtraction of c from b, which yields the specular component

Images are scaled to seem to be the same luminosity.

Original image by Debevec et al. – Copyright ACM 2000 – https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=311779.344855 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.
Image 2 - Sculpting a morphable model to one single picture (low resolution rip)


(1) Sculpting a morphable model to one single picture

(2) Produces 3D approximation

(4) Texture capture

(3) The 3D model is rendered back to the image with weight gain

(5) With weight loss

(6) Looking annoyed

(7) Forced to smile

Image 2 by Blanz and Vettel – Copyright ACM 1999 – https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm? doid=311535.311556 – Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.

Since the early 00's it has become (nearly) impossible to determine in still or moving pictures what is an image of a human, imaged with a (movie) camera and what on the other hand is a simulation of an image of a human imaged with a simulation of a camera. When there is no camera and the target being imaged with a simulation looks deceptively like some real human, dead or living, it is a digital look-alike.

Now in the 2010's the equivalent thing is happening to our voices i.e. they can be stolen to some extent with the 2016 prototypes like w:Adobe Inc.'s w:Adobe Voco and w:Google's w:DeepMind w:WaveNet and made to say anything. When it is not possible to determine with human testing or testing with technological means what is a recording of some living or dead person's real voice and what is a simulation it is a digital sound-alike.

As of 2019 Symantec research knows of 3 cases where digital sound-alike technology has been used for crimes.[1]

Therefore it is high time to act and to criminalize both covert modeling of the human appearance and the covert modeling of the naked human voice!

Threats posed by covert modeling

Covert modeling poses growing threats to

  1. The right to be the only one that looks like me (compromised by digital look-alikes)
  2. The right to be the only one able to make recordings that sound like me (compromised by digital sound-alikes)

And these developments have various severe effects on the right to privacy, provability by audio and video evidence and deniability.


Thank yous for tech

Ban Covert Modeling! wiki is hosted at a hosting business that uses electricity from renewable sources only. (Check)
  1. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/04/an-artificial-intelligence-first-voice-mimicking-software-reportedly-used-major-theft/
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