#irisscans — Public Fediverse posts

Worldcoin ordered to stop operations in Hong Kong - The PCPD ruled that Worldcoin’s retention of sensitive biometric data, i... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-halts-worldcoin-privacy-violations #privacyviolation #aimodeltraining #dataprotection #biometricdata #privacybreach #worldcoin #irisscans #hongkong #pcpd

#IrisScans bei Minderjährigen: Auch Portugal stoppt Kryptoprojekt #Worldcoin | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Irisscans-bei-Minderjaehrigen-Auch-Portugal-stoppt-Kryptoprojekt-Worldcoin-9668023.html #cryptocurrencies #cryptocurrency #Biometrie #biometrics #Datenschutz #privacy #IrisScan

WOW. What a waste of money and compute. Rather than cataloguing humans for future business and state-based exploitation, all this energy and investment could be spent on research that will actually change our lives for the better (climate, fuel, public infrastructure...). Why are idiots allowed to fund other idiots and propagate this Idiocracy ?

Link: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/worldcoin-orb-ai-2341500

#WorldCoin #EyeScans #Dystopia #Surveillance #IrisScans #DataSecurity #CyberSecurity #HarmfulTech

There is a market for #IrisScans. Relatively well off Chinese pay relatively poor black people to get their iris scans. They then sell these iris scans under their own name to #crypto bro Sam Altman.

No, really.

https://web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=sam-altmans-worldcoin-project-incentivizes-a-black-market-for-biometric-data-taken-from-people-in-developing-nations

#biometric #SurveillanceCapitalism

For Sale on eBay: A Military #database of #fingerprints and #irisscans - New York Times

German #security researchers studying #biometric capture devices popular with the U.S. military got more than they expected for $68 on #ebay.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/technology/for-sale-on-ebay-a-military-database-of-fingerprints-and-iris-scans.html