Re:Govt warns kenyans about Worldcoin
by skybrian on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:50PM
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A side effect of Bitcoin is a huge amount of wasted electricity. (Though not always. "Stranded" electrical power would have gone unused anyway.)
A side effect of Worldcoin seems to be sending money to people in African countries. If that were the only real-world effect, that's pretty good! It's unintentional charity work. The retina scan ensures that the money will be widely distributed.
The question is, what do people actually lose by getting a retina scan? It sounds creepy, sure, but it seems they're unharmed? What can Worldcoin even do with a hash of a retina scan for some random person?
A side effect of Worldcoin seems to be sending money to people in African countries. If that were the only real-world effect, that's pretty good! It's unintentional charity work. The retina scan ensures that the money will be widely distributed.
The question is, what do people actually lose by getting a retina scan? It sounds creepy, sure, but it seems they're unharmed? What can Worldcoin even do with a hash of a retina scan for some random person?