
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Join Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag, as he shares his journey from a 14-year Microsoft career spanning multiple countries to founding a company focused on solving modern identity verification challenges after witnessing widespread identity theft during the pandemic. Painter discusses how fraud has evolved from simple check scams to sophisticated digital impersonation using deepfakes, particularly highlighting the surge in remote work-related security threats and the rise of elaborate payroll scams targeting major corporations. His company, Nametag, tackles these challenges through DeepFake Defense technology, which utilizes mobile platforms' security features to prevent injection attacks and verify authentic identities, while emphasizing the continued importance of Multi-Factor Authentication and maintaining healthy skepticism in digital interactions.
By Dr. Tony Hoang4.6
99 ratings
Join Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag, as he shares his journey from a 14-year Microsoft career spanning multiple countries to founding a company focused on solving modern identity verification challenges after witnessing widespread identity theft during the pandemic. Painter discusses how fraud has evolved from simple check scams to sophisticated digital impersonation using deepfakes, particularly highlighting the surge in remote work-related security threats and the rise of elaborate payroll scams targeting major corporations. His company, Nametag, tackles these challenges through DeepFake Defense technology, which utilizes mobile platforms' security features to prevent injection attacks and verify authentic identities, while emphasizing the continued importance of Multi-Factor Authentication and maintaining healthy skepticism in digital interactions.

91,067 Listeners

32,126 Listeners

228,818 Listeners

1,093 Listeners

341 Listeners

56,436 Listeners

156 Listeners

8,846 Listeners

2,035 Listeners

9,918 Listeners

74 Listeners

1,869 Listeners

81 Listeners

268 Listeners

4,239 Listeners