Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin

Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by account-5 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @12:53AM (#36858041)

I don't get it. Surely the process of actually turning up in person proves you're not a bot?

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Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by tlb on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:14AM (#36858208)

The eyeball scan prevents people from signing up multiple times.

You also have to protect against insider fraud by the employees at the signup locations. So having them click "Yes, a person showed up" isn't enough.

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Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by account-5 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:29AM (#36859123)

So does bringing ID with you.

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Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by sneak on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:41AM (#36859612)

Not everyone has ID, and not everyone wants to provide ID, and some people have multiple IDs in different names.

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Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by account-5 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:55AM (#36860972)

Details from an ID card are less invasive that this crap.

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Re:Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin by consumer451 on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:01AM (#36858109)

I have not looked into this much, but I had always assumed that step one of creating a valid UBI scheme was solving authentication. Otherwise UBI is griftopia as scammers could sign-up multiple times. I thought The Orb was a solution to that problem.

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