A new advisory from China's Ministry of State Security highlights what it calls national security risks based on foreign firms collecting biometric data under the guise of crypto giveaways.

China has sounded the alarm over how crypto projects are using biometric data, warning that practices like iris and facial ...

China cautions against crypto projects that scan for biometric data, citing a threat to national security. The Ministry of ...

The ministry did not name the company, but the description closely fits Worldcoin — the controversial crypto project ...

China raises concerns over security risks associated with projects like Worldcoin, which offer crypto rewards in exchange for ...

China's Ministry of State Security warns that foreign companies collecting iris data for cryptocurrency pose national ...

China’s Ministry of State Security warns that a foreign company is using crypto as a front to collect sensitive biometric ...

It then scans the new user's iris and generates a hash in the blockchain that Worldcoin is calling an IrisHash. It then determines if the user has been scanned before.

Worldcoin will expand its operations to sign up more users globally and aims to allow other organisations to use its iris-scanning and identity-verifying technology, a senior manager for the ...

Updated at 01:09 ET August 4, 2023 to clarify that Tools for Humanity, the company building Worldcoin, is a registered data controller in Kenya.

Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent company, Tools for Humanity ...

Months before Kenya finally banned iris scans by Sam Altman’s crypto startup Worldcoin, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) had ordered its parent company, Tools for Humanity ...