Protect your wider identity going forward

    Whoever made this likely has more of your photos, videos or voice samples.

    JDCS
    By Jordan Dickson · Reviewed by CSG Security Engineers

    Updated June 2026 · 1 min read

    Deepfakes recur because the source material — your photos, videos and voice — is still online. The protective layer is part technical, part social.

    The 'safe word' habit

    A simple shared phrase with close family makes voice-clone scams trivially easy to spot, regardless of how good the AI gets.

    Was this guide helpful?

    Know someone who needs this? Send them the guide.

    JD

    Written by

    Jordan Dickson

    Founder, CyberSecurityGuides

    Founder of CyberSecurityGuides, writing practical, jargon-free guides that help everyday people recover from and protect against online attacks.

    Reviewed by CSG Security Engineers

    More from Identity Recovery

    No image

    Stop the next breach from hurting you

    Set up monitoring and unique credentials so future breaches don't cascade.

    No image

    Document the impersonation before reporting

    Build the evidence pack you'll need for police, banks and credit bureaus.

    No image

    Rotate breached passwords and re-secure those accounts

    Change passwords on every breached service plus anywhere you reused them.