Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catalogue Eyeballs'

Post by mNovak » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 6:40 PM UTC

ThePhysicist wrote: post #47

drexlspivey wrote: post #35

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> First, retina scanning output hash is deterministic - it is supposed to generate the same result for the same eyeball. So it can't be replaced with random number generation. His argument is valid, what stops you from replacing the retina scan with a random hash replicating a different person scanning each time and collecting new tokens? What ties the hash to the actual retina other than the device that you can mess…

DRM magic inside the Orb.

Post by ElijahLynn » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 6:44 PM UTC

hef19898 wrote: post #52

JohnJamesRambo wrote: post #41

This is one of the most disturbing things I’ve read in quite some time. The implications of all of it and all the bad avenues it could go down chill me. A person’s right to anonymity gone forever. I think all people should deserve the right to disappear and be unknown if they don’t have IDs on them. I understand what Sam is going for here (equitable distribution of wealth) but this is absolutely the wrong way to go a…

It seems Sam is going for his wealth before equal distribution of wealth.

Post by throwuxiytayq » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 6:57 PM UTC

8note wrote: post #224

throw10920 wrote: post #200

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> Equal opportunity not equal outcomes is a huge red herring when talking about equality. No, it's an extremely relevant debate because a certain political faction has been trying to redefine "equality" from its original definition of "equal opportunity" to a completely different one of "equal outcomes". > Which is the correct approach? This is a false dichotomy. You can want equal opportunity in most places, and equ…

If you're going for implausible comparisons, I'll go with the tens of millions, since in the first case, you piss off the handicapped version of Hitler, and he goes on a killing spree that ends with hundreds of millions dead, or more likely deadly disease spreads due to a lack of hand washing. That's at quite a lot of millions now, and people have stopped caring

Post by kwhitefoot » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 7:05 PM UTC

matheusmoreira wrote: post #194

danuker wrote: post #8

Worldcoin issues tokens to people for scanning their retinas. Their magical orb device sends a biometric hash to their network. Here's my take on it: You can possibly replace their biometric device with a random hash generator. * If it works, it means the currency is not fairly distributed, but anyone sending valid hashes to their network is issued tokens, irrespective of whether the eyeballs described by those hashe…

Proof-of-work is also the only way to preserve decentralization. One CPU, one vote. Everyone can and should participate. Bitcoin failed at this because the hashing algorithm can be accelerated by specialized hardware, leading to professional miners setting up large centralized operations and taking over the network.

Post by croes » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 7:08 PM UTC

ozim wrote: post #214

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But you can "forget" your PIN, you can't forget your iris.

Yes that is also one additional point - people will pick pin like 0000 or 12345 not to forget them which makes pins in general less secure. Some people would set their pin the same as their debit card just to remember one number instead of multiple. That is why finger print unlocking is quite great for day to day use. Of course it is not enough for more complex security scenarios, but as someone else mentioned lock o…