Worldcoin Launch Faces Widespread Criticism Over Privacy Risks

Worldcoin meets with a largely negative response on social media.

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Inside the Orb: The Untold Story of Worldcoin’s Launch

Is Sam Altman’s UBI startup a smart countermeasure to AI, or a privacy nightmare? Jeff Wilser reports.

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Vitalik says Worldcoin’s Iris Scanning ‘Sufficient’ in Privacy Preservation

As the Worldcoin mainnet goes live, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his thoughts on Worldcoin and the broader topic of biometric proof of personhood in a detailed blog post. Worldcoin, backed by OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, is a proof of personhood initiative to distinguish genuine human identities from bots and other artificial identities.

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Ethereum’s Buterin Expresses Concerns Over Sam Altman’s Worldcoin

Worldcoin’s identity system, “Proof-of-Personhood,” faces issues with privacy, accessibility, centralization, and security, according to Buterin.

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What is Worldcoin: the iris-scanning crypto project that sparks privacy debates

Worldcoin, by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, combines blockchain and UBI, igniting privacy and security debates. Will this iris-scanning global financial network shape socio-economic reform? The internet has always been a breeding ground for the bizarre and the extraordinary. As AI technologies…

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Worldcoin Rolls out EU Sign-Ups in Privacy-Conscious Germany

Germans can enrol in Worldcoin's proof-of-personhood rollout in Berlin despite privacy concerns. The post Worldcoin Rolls out EU Sign-Ups in Privacy-Conscious Germany appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Is Worldcoin Hype Simply Hiding a Mass Data Harvesting Exercise?

Does Worldcoin's lofty economic ambitions conceal a dismissive attitude to privacy concerns? The post Is Worldcoin Hype Simply Hiding a Mass Data Harvesting Exercise? appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Worldcoin faces privacy concerns as iris scan black market emerges for biometric verification

Worldcoin, the high-profile cryptocurrency venture spearheaded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is facing privacy concerns as a black market has emerged for the biometric information that is required for the project’s verification process.

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Worldcoin wants to scan your eyeballs. But its founder says that’s the ‘future of privacy’

Worldcoin, a new startup founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, theoretical physics student Alex Blania and former investment associate at Bridgewater Associates Max Novendstern, uses iris recognition devices called “Orbs” to scan people’s eyes in exchange for free cryptocurrency.

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