Subnostr

I can foresee many ways Worldcoin would not be sucessful, but I am having trouble with identifying and associating personal risk with participating.

I am not aware of my eyeball prints currently being used for any purpose. If I were to verify my identify with Orbs, does that itself present a risk in the future for my eyeball security ever becoming a trustworthy measure for other purposes? Can anyone provide more understandable examples of ‘what could go wrong’ and objections than provide more detail than ‘concerning’?

ODELL 2y ago

the orb is designed to be tamper resistant so it is incredibly difficult - if not impossible - to verify what data it is collecting

even if you were to successfully inspect one orb you would not be able to confirm that a non inspected orb was operating similarily

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Medici 2y ago

Thank you,

Am I understanding correctly that the Orb only collects data from an eye scan to confirm an individual identify? I haven't been on it yet, but it does seem likely it would also collect other personal identifying information (PPIs) i.e., IP address, cookie data, etc. Do you know what other PPI is required to normally proceed with an Orb eye scan? Is proceeding with an Alias prohibited?

Am I understanding correctly that with Orb verification, one can then set up a WorldCoin account which probably introduces another level of data collection. I am not knowing whether proceeding with an Alias is prohibited. Do you know?

Medici 2y ago

I had originally envisaged this type Orb verification process to be similar to my making myself known as a human being, which is presenting myself in public place. There is no public place here, only virtual space. What allows us to believe the other is real in this space? Being identified as a human and known as human by the other may have value in this space. But even in public, not many know my name.