Thursday, December 12, 2024

Tag: Kenya Kicks Eye-Scanning Worldcoin To The Curb — Refuses To Become ‘Data Harvesting Guinea Pigs’

Kenya Kicks Eye-Scanning Worldcoin To The Curb — Refuses To Become ‘Data Harvesting Guinea Pigs’

from ZeroHedge:

The Kenyan Ministry of the Interior last week suspended the controversial tech firm WorldCoin and any similar entities from operating in the country.

Co-founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, WorldCoin offers free crypto tokens worth roughly $50 to people willing to have their eyeballs scanned by a device called the Orb.