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Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Worldcoin Venture Appeals Spanish Ban

Spain’s Data Protection Agency on Wednesday ordered a precautionary measure prohibiting Worldcoin’s activities in the country for up to three months. Spain’s Data Protection Agency on Wednesday ordered a precautionary measure prohibiting Worldcoin’s activities in the country for up to three months. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified.…

Sam Altman’s eye-scanning Worldcoin banned in Spain

Spain has banned Worldcoin for up to three months, drawing a sharp rebuke from Sam Altman's company, amid perceived privacy risks from the venture which scans irises in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency.Spanish data protection regulator AEPD said on Wednesday it demanded Worldcoin immediately cease the collection of personal information and stop using data it has already gathered. Worldcoin said in response to the ban that the AEPD was "circumventing EU law" and "spreading inaccurate and misleading claims…

What is Worldcoin? Eye-scanning crypto project launched by OpenAI CEO

A look at Worldcoin's Orb and biometric scanner.  Worldcoin/ZDNETConsumers that want a World ID need to do an in-person biometric screening, which entails a face and iris scan at one of Worldcoin's 'Orbs.' These Orbs are silver spheres, about the size of a soccer ball, strategically positioned in various locations worldwide and typically accessible by appointment. Also: Software developers' dance with generative AI is still at that awkward stageWhen users download the World App, they'll be prompted to verify their

This is the Pixel 2’s eye-scanning feature that never was

Google’s Pixel 2 was one of the best phones the company made, but it had the potential to be even cooler. The Internal Archive this weekend shared a prototype of an early Pixel 2 model that was equipped with iris-scanning technology. Google did not ultimately ship the Pixel 2 with an iris scanner, opting instead for its Pixel Imprint rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. According to the Archive, the Pixel prototype here was a single-purpose one. It was dedicated nearly entirely to testing iris recognition. The front…