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It claims to both identify humans and be zero knowledge.
What’s to stop me registering a bunch of times then letting my bot use my identities?
The answer is implied to be my iris scan. But then it isn’t zero knowledge for some entity is it? Unless it is relying on the Orb never being hacked?
Any good third party write ups on it? The WorldCoin page is a bit long and doesn’t quickly explain how it works at a basic level.
A small fee to use a service will get rid of fake identities and bots. The answer is charging a fair fee. Not scanning iris’ to track that every person only has one account.
A small fee to use a service will get rid of fake identities and bots. The answer is charging a fair fee. Not scanning iris’ to track that every person only has one account.
No, it'll get rid of bots worth less than the account fee to run, except for people who can do payment fraud.
It won't get rid of fake identities because you have to do identity verification for that; otherwise you can impersonate a corporation.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
People aren't going to submit themselves to biometric checks just to post stuff on reddit... These social media will probably die when people realize that they are wasting their time answering bots, but these bots will take over soon or later.
Ok what about going to court, submitting evidence - a video of someone committing fraud?
This is just another crypto scam coin.
In broad strokes, this is how World ID works.
- User gets their World ID in a compatible wallet (e.g. the World App).
- User receives credentials in their World ID. The flagship credential is biometric verification, currently available by using the Orb. The user can also verify their phone number to obtain the respective credential.
- Project integrates with World ID.
- User connects their World ID to authenticate, and optionally prove they are a unique human doing something only once. The user's wallet will generate a Zero-Knowledge Proof to accomplish this.
- Project verifies the Zero-knowledge Proof, either by using the API or by verifying on-chain.
From their docs: ( https://docs.worldcoin.org/ ) In broad strokes, this is how World ID works. - User gets their World ID in a compatible wallet (e.g. the World App). - User receives credentials in their World ID. The flagship credential is biometric verification, currently available by using the Orb. The user can also verify their phone number to obtain the respective credential. - Project integrates with World ID.…
Interestingly: Tamper detection system not disclosed For obvious reasons, these files do not including the PCBs and sensors related to the Orb's tamper detection system.
A small fee to use a service will get rid of fake identities and bots. The answer is charging a fair fee. Not scanning iris’ to track that every person only has one account.
Worldcoin gives off really similar vibes. The footer of their website reads:
> Worldcoin tokens are not intended to be available to people or companies who are residents of, or are located, incorporated or have a registered agent in, the United States or other restricted territories.
That doesn't sound very good! And then there's this critical review of Worldcoin's operations in Indonesia https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoi...
I really don't get good vibes from this whole thing...