Introduction

Imagine you are scrolling on Twitter or Facebook, and you see on your feed a video of yourself. How would you feel? Shocked, Surprised? Now, in this video, what would you do if you were saying things that could potentially ruin your life even though you never said them? Would you think that this is a far-off fantasy? Well, it’s not; the possibility of this happening is quite high. People can now make fake videos of anyone they want and make you say anything; this is known as a “deep fake”. Deep fakes are an up-and-coming new technology that has been around for only a few years, and yet it has already taken the world by storm. Deep fakes are a very useful but dangerous technology that has many positive but even more negative applications. In this paper, we will cover all the effects of deep fakes on the world, from their current use to their security aspects, ethical and social applications, and future applications. As each year passes, it becomes easier and easier to make deep fakes, and soon it could be done with just an app. Even with the technology only being around for a few years, there are already many examples of some of the consequences of this technology. For example, here (Diep Nep, 2021) is a video of Morgan Freeman. While it appears to be Morgan Freeman and sounds like him, it is not Morgan Freeman in the video but rather a deep fake. This video is proof of how convincing this technology can be; now just imagine, as more time passes, how hard it could be to tell the difference.