Voice-Clone Personal Safety Checklist

For the method in Voice Cloning and You: A Personal Safety Check. Assume exposure exists. Build the habit that works regardless.

Not for

Payment or account-change decisions at a business - use the voice-cloning fraud controls for SMEs instead.

Step 1: Ten-minute exposure audit

• Public social media videos/live streams
• Voicemail/phone greeting (personalized vs. generic)
• Work recordings, webinars, conference talks, phone directory
• Voice notes shared in group chats (may have been forwarded further)
• Exposure of people close to you (children, parents, partner)

No action needed here beyond honesty - the point is assuming exposure exists, not eliminating it.

Step 2: The household callback habit

Agree on this as a rule, before anyone needs it:

1. Stop - do not act, pay, or share while still on the call/chat
2. End the contact
3. Call back on a number already saved, never one given in the message
4. If unreachable, contact a second trusted person

Step 3: Optional secondary layer

• Family verification phrase agreed (not used as a password anywhere)
• Everyone understands the phrase is a helper, not a replacement for the callback

Step 4: The two-minute briefing script

“If a call or message ever sounds like me and asks for money, a code, or secrecy urgently, hang up and call me back on the number you already have. Nobody will be upset with you for checking.”

• Said out loud to the people who need to hear it
• Known family numbers written down somewhere everyone can find

If a clone of your voice is already being misused

• Evidence preserved (do not amplify further by forwarding widely)
• Reported through the platform where it appeared
• Law enforcement contacted if a threat or extortion attempt is involved
• See the adult deepfake first-response plan for the full sequence