Eyes in the crypto election: Worldcoin project collects biometric data from millions of people

Von Krypto News Österreich

Das Worldcoin-Projekt ist seit Monaten in verschiedenen Großstädten wie Barcelona, New York und Berlin unterwegs. Begleitet wird das Projekt von schädelgroßen, metallenen Kugeln, den sogenannten Orbs, mit denen weltweit Iris-Scans durchgeführt werden. Laut Worldcoin haben bereits zwei Millionen Menschen ihre Augen scannen lassen, und wöchentlich kommen 40.000 neue dazu. Nach dem Erfolg von ChatGPT und dem Hype um KI-Technologien wächst auch das Interesse an dem Worldcoin-Projekt. Wer Teil des neuen Krypto-Movements Worldcoin werden möchte, kann dies in etwa einer Minute erreichen. Durch den Blick in den dunklen Orb erstellt man eine digitale Identität, die „World ID“. Diese digitale Identität soll …
The WorldCoin project has been traveling in various major cities such as Barcelona, ​​New York and Berlin for months. The project is accompanied by skull-sized, metal balls, the so-called orbs with which Iris scans are carried out worldwide. According to Worldcoin, two million people have already let their eyes scan, and 40,000 new ones are added weekly. After the success of Chatgpt and the hype about AI technologies, interest in the WorldCoin project is also growing. If you want to become part of the new crypto movement Worldcoin, you can achieve this about a minute. By looking into the dark orb you create a digital identity, the "World Id". This digital identity should ... (Symbolbild/KNAT)

The WorldCoin project has been traveling in various major cities such as Barcelona, ​​New York and Berlin for months. The project is accompanied by skull-sized, metal balls, the so-called orbs with which Iris scans are carried out worldwide. According to Worldcoin, two million people have already let their eyes scan, and 40,000 new ones are added weekly. After the success of Chatgpt and the hype about AI technologies, interest in the WorldCoin project is also growing.

If you want to become part of the new crypto movement Worldcoin, this can achieve about a minute. By looking into the dark orb you create a digital identity, the "World Id". This digital identity is intended to replace sensitive information such as telephone numbers. The associated app includes a wallet that will be paid for in the future with the cryptocurrency "Worldcoin". The project is currently in the beta phase.

The motifs behind the project sound noble at first. Worldcoin strives for a "more human economic system". The identity protocol "World ID" should enable people to demonstrate their uniqueness and humanity in a digital way. Worldcoin promises financial inclusion and even mentions the possibility of unconditional basic income.

However, a World ID is not possible without the Iris scan. Worldcoin promises the highest data protection requirements and indicates that the biometric data using the encryption technology "Zero-Knowledge-Proofs" are converted into a cryptographic code that IRIS hash. No person should be able to be assigned to this code, and private data is said not to be saved.

From the beginning, however, there was criticism of the mega project. It is doubted that the personal data can actually be protected. Edward Snowden warned of storing the Hashes that are generated by the scans. He emphasized that one should not catalog your eye apples. The Technology Review also warned of the inconceivable consequences of mass data collection and criticized the misleading marketing practices of the company and the failure to obtain a meaningful informed approval.

worrying is also the procedure of Worldcoin in advertising for iris scans. According to Technology Review, people with advertising gifts and up to $ 25 hand money were attracted, especially in emerging countries in Africa, although the Worldcoin cryptocurrency did not yet exist. The recruitment takes place on a commission basis and is paid out in Tether Usdt.

Worldcoin emphasizes that two million World ID registrations are not only a success for the WorldCoin community, but also an important milestone for the global efforts to create digitally verifiable identities for everyone. However, with the methods used for this, one must turn a eye.

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