Iris in exchange for data, the Privacy Guarantor says goodbye to Worldcoin. 'If it landed in Italy it would violate EU regulations' It has 1 million monthly users and 4 million downloads (ANSA) The project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman encourages people to have their faces scanned by its Orb devices in return for a digital ID and free cryptocurrency.
British group Big Brother Watch said after the launch that there was a risk that biometric data could be hacked or exploited.