Last summer in 2023 we knew that the CEO of OpenAI, the renowned Sam Altman, was getting millions of people to scan their irises in exchange for tokens for his project called Worldcoin, which made us wonder what awaits us. in privacy.
Now, this trend is closer than ever: in Spain there are hundreds of young people who are joining to scan your iris in exchange for receiving cryptocurrency in the future. And this, obviously, can violate a few rules, because we are talking about minors. There are mothers and fathers talking openly about it on networks social.
At the same time, the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has confirmed to Xataka, that it has already received “several complaints related to Worldcoin data processing”.
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The situation of Worldcoin in Spain
Last December, 20 Minutes published that in Spain there were 300,000 users with World IDwhile there were about 20 locations where the Orb is available, in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca, Murcia, Malaga and Granada… with plans underway to reach more places.
The official website itself gives you information on where to find your nearest Orb if you want to scan your iris. Right now, according to the company’s own information, there are 31 locations in our country.
This weekend, an X user posted that:
“my son He sold his iris for €100 in cryptocurrencies that he exchanged at a Bitcoin ATM. He is 15 years old. We have had an “emergency committee.” I have realized that I am illiterate in their “world.” “The gap is enormous.”
Beyond this statement, there are people who affirm, also within X, having seen minors in queues to have their irises scanned in shopping centers in Spain and many people talk about having similar problems in Argentina and the country’s media have also reported it. In our country, the age of consent for the use of personal data is 16 years and older.
As La Marea already published, Worldcoin has been denounced by a user in Bizkaia and this demand is being analyzed by the Spanish Agency of Data Protection (AEPD).
More information about Worldcoin
At the same time, it should be said that the data made public indicates that Worldcoin has appreciated more than 140% in the last week, while its wallet application exceeds one million daily users.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that created revolutionary artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL-E, and which also makes headlines with very alarmist statements about the future of the world, has been around for some time working on a new project that raises many questions regarding privacy: Worldcoin, which was officially launched in July 2023.
Worldcoin says it has the ambition to “create a new financial and identity network owned by everyone.” To do this, people can scan our iris to create a digital identity in exchange for free tokens.
Image | Photo by Kalea Jerielle on Unsplash
Via | Xataka
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