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Gizmodo: Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed With Zoom and Tinder. “On Friday, both Tinder and Zoom announced partnerships with Altman’s World, the company behind the creepy, eyeball-scanning orb that is meant to prove users are human.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/22/gizmodo-sam-altmans-creepy-eyeball-scanning-company-gets-in-bed-with-zoom-and-tinder/

Gizmodo: Sam Altman’s Creepy Eyeball-Scanning Company Gets in Bed With Zoom and Tinder

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

PPC Land Feb 17

Spain's data regulator warns World's iris-scan operator over GDPR risks: Spain's AEPD formally warns Tools for Humanity over potential GDPR violations as World Network prepares its February 2026 Barcelona iris-scanning relaunch. https://ppc.land/spains-data-regulator-warns-worlds-iris-scan-operator-over-gdpr-risks/ #GDPR #DataPrivacy #IrisScanning #DataProtection #CyberSecurity

Spain's data regulator warns World's iris-scan operator over GDPR risks

Spain's AEPD formally warns Tools for Humanity over potential GDPR violations as World Network prepares its February 2026 Barcelona iris-scanning relaunch.

PPC Land

Thai Enquirer Jan 31

Thai authorities have cancelled a government MOU and opened a special investigation into a Worldcoin-linked iris-scanning scheme over concerns about data privacy, legal irregularities and national security.

#Thailand #Singapore #IrisScanning

https://www.thaienquirer.com/65717/thailand-cancels-mou-probes-worldcoin-iris-scan-scheme-amid-data-legal-and-money-laundering-concerns/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

tech news ᳇ eicker.news Jan 29

#OpenAI is developing a #socialnetwork aimed at #eliminatingbots. The platform, still in early stages, may utilise #biometricverification, such as #Apple’s #FaceID or #World’s #irisscanning orb, to ensure users are real people. While OpenAI has a history of creating viral apps, it faces tough competition from established platforms. https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026/01/28/openai-wants-to-create-biometric-social-network-to-kill-xs-bot-problem/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

OpenAI Wants To Create Biometric Social Network To Kill X’s Bot Problem

OpenAI is quietly building a social network and considering using biometric verification like World’s eyeball scanning orb or Apple’s Face ID to ensure its users are people, not bots.

Forbes

Thai Enquirer Jan 8

DSI will summon acting ministers Thammanat Prompao and Narumon Pinyosinwat over the Worldcoin iris-scan project, which collected data from 1.2 million Thais and involves foreign fund links.

#Thailand #Scams #OnlineScams #ScamCenters #IrisScanning

https://www.thaienquirer.com/64784/dsi-to-summon-acting-ministers-as-iris-scan-and-foreign-fund-investigation-deepens/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Thai Enquirer Nov 24, 2025

Thailand’s Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has ordered the immediate suspension of an iris-scanning-for-crypto scheme and the deletion of 1.2 million biometric records after ruling that the project violated the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

#Thailand #IrisScanning

https://www.thaienquirer.com/63080/pdpc-orders-suspension-and-deletion-of-1-2-million-iris-scan-records-in-crypto-reward-scheme-sends-case-to-dsi-for-further-investigation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Nov 12, 2025

Gizmodo: Sam Altman’s Creepy Orb Startup Has Only Scanned 2 Percent of Its Ideal Number of Eyeballs. “Business Insider notes that, so far, World claims it has scanned about 17.5 million people. Now, I will admit that’s about 17.5 million more people than I would have ever imagined might be interested in Altman’s weird project. Still, the company clearly has a long, long way to go before […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/12/gizmodo-sam-altmans-creepy-orb-startup-has-only-scanned-2-percent-of-its-ideal-number-of-eyeballs/

Gizmodo: Sam Altman’s Creepy Orb Startup Has Only Scanned 2 Percent of Its Ideal Number of Eyeballs | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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N-gated Hacker News Nov 5, 2025

🚫🤖 "The Register's 'Top Secret' article is so cutting-edge, even their own website can't handle it. Apparently, Uncle Sam's eyeing our irises, but good luck reading the details—it's locked behind a digital chastity belt. ✋🔒"
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/dhs_wants_to_collect_biometric_data/ #TopSecret #DigitalPrivacy #UncleSam #IrisScanning #Cybersecurity #HackerNews #ngated

Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not

: DHS rule would expand biometric collection to immigrants and some citizens linked to them

The Register

Joseph Lim

Aug 29, 2025

#Warning issued about #biometric #data gathering
"Consumer Council report tt some of te #irisscanning #schemes offer ~THB1000 in crypto w'in 24hrs aft scanning. Recruiters reportedly rcv THB500 per referral🤔.. biometric data, espec'ly iris scans, r among te most #sensitive #personal #information. Unlike passwords, tey can't be changed & cld be exploited for #identity #theft.. Many #countries #prohibit iris data collection, reflect'g global concerns over #privacy & misuse"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3094364/dopa-sounds-alarm-over-biometric-data-gathering

Jonathan Emmesedi May 30, 2025

The creepy Sam Altman eyeball scanning operation is soliciting in downtown Austin.

https://www.statesman.com/picture-gallery/business/technology/2025/05/15/orb-an-eyeball-scanning-identity-verification-technology-comes-to-austin/83631997007/

#Orb #WorldID #IrisScanning #EyeballScanning #Biometrics #SamAltman #Austin #Texas

Orb, an eyeball scanning identity verification technology, comes to Austin. See a demo.

World's new location brings Orb, an eyeball scanning identity verification technology to Austin. The company aims to help verify human identity in the age of AI.

Austin American-Statesman