IIT Ropar develops unique detector ‘FakeBuster’ to detect imposters attending a virtual conference
The Hindu
The detector can also find out faces manipulated on social media to defame or make joke of someone, said an official statement.
The Indian Institute of Technology in Punjab's Ropar on Wednesday said that the institute along with Australia based Monash University has developed a unique detector named ‘FakeBuster’ to detect imposters attending a virtual conference without anybody’s knowledge. The detector can also find out faces manipulated on social media to defame or make joke of someone, said an official statement. In the present scenario of pandemic when most of the official meetings and work is being done online, this standalone solution enables a user to detect if another person's video is manipulated or spoofed during a video conferencing, it added.More Related News

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