<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false">Speech synthesis advancements have raised concerns about voice cloning attacks despite existing protective perturbations.While previous studies focused on disrupting voice cloning with perturbations, determined attackers could overcome these defenses.A new study evaluates protective perturbations against voice cloning with perturbation purification, showcasing limitations in current methods.A novel two-stage purification method, including phoneme guidance, demonstrates improved disruption of voice cloning defenses.