Galaxy Phones Can Now Detect Voice Fraud, Only Available In Korea

JAKARTA - Samsung has just announced the latest feature for their Galaxy phones through the One UI 8 update, namely the "voting Fraud Suspect Call Commemoration". This feature is designed to protect users from the threat of voice phishing (voice phishing) that is rife in cyberspace.

Voice phishing is a mode of crime in which criminals use artificial intelligence (AI) to emulate someone's voice to deceive relatives or close people. Unfortunately, this feature is temporarily only available in South Korea and there is no definite news about its launch for the global market.

This feature was announced through the Samsung community forum in Korean. When a user makes a call to an unsaved number, it will use AI to detect in real-time whether the call is suspicious as an attempted voice scam.

Users will see a notification "detecting" during the call, and if the system detects indications of fraud, a warning will appear to alert users. Samsung claims that this feature works by utilizing data from the Korean National Police Agency and the National Institute for Scientific Investigation to ensure detection accuracy.

Although Samsung already has a Smart Call feature to combat spam calls, the threat of voice fraud is a new challenge that requires a special approach. This feature is expected to be a very useful tool to protect users from increasing threats, especially if it is proven effective.

However, there are significant limitations: this feature only works for outgoing calls and does not support detection on incoming calls. This means users are not fully protected, especially when criminals make direct calls to them.

Users outside Korea hope that Samsung will soon expand the availability of this feature to the global market and improve it in order to detect voice fraud on incoming and outgoing calls. If successfully implemented properly, this feature has the potential to be an important breakthrough in maintaining the safety of Galaxy mobile users amid the rampant threat of technology-based fraud.