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U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back (restofworld.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.

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[–] SaintNectar@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh god.. They really want to track every humans on this planet. And we all know for what purposes

[–] chunes@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They already do. They just want to make it easier

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And also have the ability to turn off people's legal existence when they get up to too much anti-corporate shenanigans.

[–] Alloi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"Unperson"

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Anti-citizen one, you are accused of multiple anti-civil violations. Wait for civil protection teams in the submission position.