World Network — previously Worldcoin — is offering anybody willing to pay a $100 deposit the chance to buy and operate one of its controversial eye-scanning orbs — but details behind the financial incentives remain murky.

  • athairmor@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    This whole idea is not just dystopian but really fucking stupid.

    What is it about tech bros that a little success makes them think they’re geniuses with no bad ideas? Unsocialized A-type personality nerds are going to fuck this world up.

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      2 days ago

      Yeah, biometric data is a terrible form of authentication, especially when you want to collect it at large scale and use it for an “everything” account like this.