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

Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by rolandog on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:46AM (#28999700)

Or... What if you had an AI randomly generate unique irises, you then print them on adhesive paper, and paste the cut-outs on the eyes of one of those robo-faces?

Unlimited money!

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by drdrey on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @10:51AM (#29001133)

They allegedly do liveness checks with an IR sensor to make sure they are scanning a live eye

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by tablespoon on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:46AM (#29001850)

> They allegedly do liveness checks with an IR sensor to make sure they are scanning a live eye

If you control one of their devices, you could always just modify it fake a live input.

Even if they intend to control the scanners themselves, corruption can probably thwart that. This comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29001214) makes it sounds like they may be operating in countries with endemic corruption.

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by anonporridge on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @12:30PM (#29002456)

Humans and eyeballs are just machines. Anything they check for liveness can be simulated if there's enough incentive to do it.

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by AJ007 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @01:17PM (#29003175)

Assuming it was 99.99999% foolproof, then you may have some other problems which are even bigger: kidnapping, having children to collect their coins, etc.

The big logic flaw here is the same one as when the Soviet Union collapsed and shares of the state owned enterprises and assets were sold to the general public: poor people sell the assets to the wealthy.

The entire thing is strange, and doesn’t make sense.

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by pontifier on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @11:00PM (#29009106)

I wonder if would also be able to distinguish between human eyes and the eyes of a different animal.

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by arianvanp on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @09:47AM (#29000322)

https://youtu.be/7FYb1gwi-30 seems relevant :)

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by 28uwedj on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @06:56PM (#29007450)

easier to just monitor the network traffic, check the hash, generate your own and post.

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Re:Edward Snowden Slams Sam Altman's Worldcoin: 'Don't Catal... by LurkingPenguin on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @08:53AM (#28999760)

Where's the fun in that though?

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