Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi

Why would Worldcoin beta-test in Kenya vs SV if not in an attempt to fly under the radar of scrutiny – whether that's market scrutiny from the SEC/etc or privacy scrutiny under GDPR and other legislation well understood by SV lawyers.

Good on Kenya for holding Worldcoin to account. It'll be interesting to see what they do as they enter the "and find out" phase.

Re: Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi

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Post by MBCook » Mon, Aug 07, 2023, 4:26 PM UTC

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #5

Will the Kenyan government now have access to the biometric data collected by Worldcoin?

Just how bad this is would depend on how they stored the data, I guess.

Why does it feel like they probably keep WAY more data than they need instead of just the hash?

Glad they’ve been shut down at least.

Re: Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi

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Post by frozenport » Mon, Aug 07, 2023, 4:28 PM UTC

danpalmer wrote: post #6

Why would Worldcoin beta-test in Kenya vs SV if not in an attempt to fly under the radar of scrutiny – whether that's market scrutiny from the SEC/etc or privacy scrutiny under GDPR and other legislation well understood by SV lawyers. Good on Kenya for holding Worldcoin to account. It'll be interesting to see what they do as they enter the "and find out" phase.

Also a bribe. I could imagine the poor would be more willing to waste their time getting their eyes scanned.

Re: Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi

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Post by danpalmer » Mon, Aug 07, 2023, 4:30 PM UTC

MBCook wrote: post #7

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #5

Will the Kenyan government now have access to the biometric data collected by Worldcoin?

Just how bad this is would depend on how they stored the data, I guess. Why does it feel like they probably keep WAY more data than they need instead of just the hash? Glad they’ve been shut down at least.

I bet there's a really well understood data store that contains minimal data and meets various anonymity proofs.

And then a tag-manager implementation with MixPanel, Intercom, Amplitude, Heap, FullStory, and Segment, all receiving every interaction with a full JSON object describing the current state of the application and user.

Re: Police raid Worldcoin warehouse in Nairobi

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Post by realusername » Mon, Aug 07, 2023, 4:31 PM UTC

> It has also launched in various countries including Indonesia, France Japan, Germany, Spain and the UK. Data watchdogs in some countries have already said they are examining Worldcoin.

I don't know about Indonesia but that's not going to fly in the other countries of this list either.

Especially not in very privacy-oriented EU members.