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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by 93po on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:55PM (#36909767)
A certificate from the government that gets revoked when you commit a crime. Or are accused of a crime. That can track every single thing you so online. All of your speech online, which is most of everyone’s speech, is permanently stored and analyzed.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by yreg on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:58PM (#36909821)
The government doesn't need to know which services you use and which accounts are yours. The service doesn't need to know who you are, only that you are a unique human.

But yes, as I said, I hate the idea. Was asking for other solutions.

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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by 93po on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:00PM (#36909858)
Yeah the US government would never in a million years do it in a privacy preserving way
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by JohnFen on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:57PM (#36910663)
Very few governments would.
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