Em 4d ago

Don't scan your eyeball for the World App.

Don't use the World App.

DON'T 🙅‍♀️👁️‍🗨️

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/

#Privacy #WorldApp #Orb #SamAltman #Biometrics #IrisScan #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification

Sam Altman Wants Your Eyeball

Last week, OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman announced in San Francisco that the World project he co-founded, formerly known as Worldcoin, is opening six stores across the United States, allowing users of the project's app to scan their eyeballs.

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Show threadJames2.04d ago
@Em0nM4stodon i find it hard to imagine anyone thinking 'yes, sign me up'! but then i remember people voted for orban, trump, johnson et al and then i am sad.
Show threadBrett Haines

@jamez_2_point_0 @Em0nM4stodon this has been around a few years already. The initial draw was some cryptocurrency in exchange for your eye scan.

Here's an article from 2 years ago, and it mentions "the Orb" having been around a couple of years then. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66128111

Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin

Thousands of people scan their irises via an orb on launch day of "dystopian" crypto project.

Jun 21 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadEm 4d ago
@bretthaines @jamez_2_point_0 Indeed, I talk about this in details in the article I wrote linked above :)
Show threadBrett Haines3d ago
@Em0nM4stodon @jamez_2_point_0 yeah, I should have read a little farther before I commented 😅