Portugal Orders Altman's Worldcoin To Halt Data Collection (reuters.com)
(Tuesday March 26, 2024 @12:54PM (msmash)
from the not-buying-the-hype dept.)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/03/26/1253213/portugal-orders-altmans-worldcoin-to-halt-data-collection
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/sam-altmans-worldcoin-ordered-stop-data-collection-portugal-2024-03-26/
Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to [1]stop collecting biometric data for 90 days , it said on Tuesday, in the latest regulatory blow to a venture that has raised privacy concerns in multiple countries. From a report:
> Worldcoin encourages people to have their faces scanned by its "orb" devices, in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. More than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have signed up, according to Worldcoin's website. Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/sam-altmans-worldcoin-ordered-stop-data-collection-portugal-2024-03-26/
> Worldcoin encourages people to have their faces scanned by its "orb" devices, in exchange for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency. More than 4.5 million people in 120 countries have signed up, according to Worldcoin's website. Portugal's data regulator, the CNPD, said there was a high risk to citizens' data protection rights, which justified urgent intervention to prevent serious harm. More than 300,000 people in Portugal have provided Worldcoin with their biometric data, the CNPD said.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/sam-altmans-worldcoin-ordered-stop-data-collection-portugal-2024-03-26/
More government overreach (Score:2)
by presidenteloco ( 659168 )
by another nanny state.
FFS give adult humans in the 21st century some f**king autonomy to make their own decisions.
Worldcoin is an anonymous service verifying only that the same identity is doing things at various places and times and services. The organization operating it retains no identifying data for each person who signs up.
Innovation is under serious threat by the dullards.
Re: (Score:3)
> let Sam Altman scan their eyeballs? What do they know that the rest of us don't?
I think it's more about what they don't know that (some of) the rest of us do know.