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Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by tromp »

kolinko wrote: post #56
_fat_santa wrote: post #24

Is it just me or does Worldcoin just seem like a massive ploy to get one's hands on a ton of biometric data? Scan your eyes and get $20 in funny money that may or may not be redeemable later. The coin will crash and burn like all the others leaving Sam with a treasure trove of biometrics data to do whatever he wants with.

I may be wrong, but isn’t Worldcoin using zero knowledge proofs in their system? It would mean that nobody has access to the private data behind them - not even WC.

> isn’t Worldcoin using zero knowledge proofs in their system? It would mean that nobody has access to the private data behind them - not even WC.

No, it wouldn't mean that. It would only mean that entities who verify the zero knowledge proofs do not learn anything about the data except that it satisfies the proved property.

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by JohnFen »

jorge-d wrote: post #12
Vosporos wrote: post #6

Becuse he's a freak, who the fuck scans people's eyes

A few years ago most people would have said the same about fingerprint reading or face scanning, and yet we're living in a world where it is completely standard now

I still say the same about those things, and I don't willingly allow others to read my fingerprints or scan my face. Fortunately, I'm almost never asked -- so it's not exactly "standard".

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by JohnFen »

flskafdslaf wrote: post #33
mandmandam wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> we're living in a world where it is completely standard now No it isn't. Ew. If an employer asked to fingerprint me I'd tell them where to stick their scanner. You know what is "completely standard" now? Governments and corporations leaking terabytes of private information, with barely a shred of accountability. We need to be pulling this in the exact opposite direction, not normalizing it; and not adding retina sc…

>If an employer asked to fingerprint me I'd tell them where to stick their scanner. They don't need to, because your employer probably asked you for a form of biometric ID.

I've never once had an employer ask me for such a thing.

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by jallen_dot_dev »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #40
_fat_santa wrote: post #24

Is it just me or does Worldcoin just seem like a massive ploy to get one's hands on a ton of biometric data? Scan your eyes and get $20 in funny money that may or may not be redeemable later. The coin will crash and burn like all the others leaving Sam with a treasure trove of biometrics data to do whatever he wants with.

What's funny is that in the crypto world, projects that have similar tokenomics as Worldcoin were often called "Sam coins" - low float, high market cap, and a vesting schedule that allows the founding team to relentlessly dump on speculators and holders. Trouble is, the Sam in question with these coins was Sam Bankman-Fried

I've never heard that term before, usually such coins are called shitcoins. And while I'm not denying SBF did that with his coin, he certainly didn't pioneer it; XRP has been doing it for years before SBF got into crypto.

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by JohnFen »

taeric wrote: post #31
LegitShady wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mass collection of fingerprints or face scans from people is not standard.

It is probably more standard than you realize? Quick search shows over 14 million are enrolled in the airport program that requires iris scanning, as well as fingerprints.

Are you talking about the US? 14 million out of a population of 340 million doesn't sound very standard to me.

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by spstoyanov »

_fat_santa wrote: post #24

Is it just me or does Worldcoin just seem like a massive ploy to get one's hands on a ton of biometric data? Scan your eyes and get $20 in funny money that may or may not be redeemable later. The coin will crash and burn like all the others leaving Sam with a treasure trove of biometrics data to do whatever he wants with.

It's definitely not only you

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by flskafdslaf »

JohnFen wrote: post #63
flskafdslaf wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>If an employer asked to fingerprint me I'd tell them where to stick their scanner. They don't need to, because your employer probably asked you for a form of biometric ID.

I've never once had an employer ask me for such a thing.

Weird. Every job I've had has asked for my passport (UK) or work permit (US).

Re: Why Sam Altman wants to scan two billion eyes

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Post by justinclift »

blamazon wrote: post #8
mydriasis wrote: post #5

> The capture of biometric data has become common in contexts of migration, where iris-scanning is a precondition to receiving humanitarian aid. In 2019, the United Nations World Food Program partnered with the firm Palantir to optimize these operations, which today affect 160 million people in 120 countries. Haha what in the hell

Not that crazy - corruption and malfeasance are primary risks to your effective yield when trying to distribute aid like that. Middle-men and middle-women inevitably appear, one to one authentication is one way to keep them away.

> Middle-men and middle-women inevitably appear ...

So, Palantir is the middle-er... person in this context?

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