Sam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches
TechCrunchAPR 2023
Worldcoin isn't a crypto scheme, it's a potential dystopian nightmare. Companies have proven time and time again that they're incapable of protecting customers' sensitive data, which is why this project must be held under the highest level of public scrutiny. People have already given up facial, retinal, and fingerprint scans, and, with DNA samples on the horizon, we must be careful of how far these companies want to take it. No one collects biometric data for nothing, so it's time to probe the potential nefarious motives for such projects.
While concerns of a dystopian Worldcoin future are understandable, the World ID technology actually has the safest potential of anything seen to date. Unlike other crypto schemes, the use of biometric data will ensure that only humans who sign up for the project will have access to it, and rid the system of fake AI accounts. Though developers must work thoroughly on its safety mechanisms, we should be excited for the future of our economy and the human race more generally as this project rolls out.