# Voice-Clone Personal Safety Checklist

For the method in [Voice Cloning and You: A Personal Safety Check](/articles/voice-clone-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](/articles/deepfakes-and-voice-cloning-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