• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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    1 month ago

    “Worldcoin” is explicitly a project to create a global database of retinal patterns to sell to governments and law enforcement agencies.

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      That feels scary to me. I don’t know why … I genuinely don’t know how governments or law enforcement or even private entities will use that data but it’s like 23andMe. I just don’t want them to have it.

      And paying for that information in crypto feels shady too.

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        Yep, mass surveillance, AI, and crypto all rolled into one big police state power play. Isn’t modern technology wonderful?