This chapter explores the potential risks and concerns associated with the use of a global financial network that aims to address issues related to bots replacing humans, and questions whether the benefits outweigh the risks of sharing biometric data.
Madeleine Finlay speaks to the Guardian’s technology reporter Hibaq Farah about Worldcoin, a new cryptocurrency offering users tokens in exchange for a scan of their eyeballs. Farah explains what the motives behind the company are, why they think we all need to become ‘verified humans’, and how governments have responded to the project. Help support our independent journalism at
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