World ID wants you to put a cryptographically unique human identity behind your AI agents
Iris-scan backed tokens could help stop agent swarms from overwhelming online systems.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/world-id-wants-you-to-put-a-cryptographically-unique-human-identity-behind-your-ai-agents/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@arstechnica Tell them to go fuck themselves with their own creation
@arstechnica Another scheme to steal my identity and put it under somebody else's control.

@arstechnica

I have a better idea.

Companies stop putting AI and AI agents everywhere and this becomes irrelevant.

@arstechnica Over the long term virtually the same as the age verification push. No.
@arstechnica submitting an iris scan to a faceless AI corp? Oh, sweet summer child, no thank you.
@arstechnica Oh hell no.
BTW you can steal someone's iris scan with a good dslr camera.