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Em :official_verified:Don't scan your eyeball for the World App. Don't use the World App. DON'T 🙅‍♀️👁️‍🗨️<a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/10/sam-altman-wants-your-eyeball/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WorldApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldApp</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Orb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Orb</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SamAltman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SamAltman</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biometrics</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IrisScan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IrisScan</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MassSurveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MassSurveillance</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IdentityVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityVerification</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, identify-verification technology startup says it will begin expanding to the US starting May 1 and will launch a phone-like hardware device by next year. Those changes—and a promised World-branded debit card—signal the company’s ambitions to develop a “super app”—a goal shared by Elon Musk.Altman and Alex Blania, a German physics researcher, announced at an event in San Francisco Wednesday evening that their venture-backed company, Tools for Humanity, is updating its “World” products to include a new, smaller, eye-scanning orb. The device-and-app combo scans people’s irises, creates a unique user ID, stores that information on the blockchain, and uses it as a form of identity verification. If enough people adopt the app globally, the thinking goes, it could ostensibly thwart scammers.Altman has expressed concern about the amount of fakery that new AI tools will enable, including the generative AI tools pioneered by his other startup, OpenAI, which is valued at $300 billion. So the World app, and its hardware component, are Altman’s solution to the problem."<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-eyeball-scan-launch-us/</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IdentityVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityVerification</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biometrics</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FacialRecognition</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/World" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#World</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ToolsForHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToolsForHumanity</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a>

Erik van Straten🚨 Identity fraud on MastodonJust a reminder that there is a lot of identity fraud happening on the internet, increasingly on Mastodon as well.Often impersonators are easy to detect (like the ones below) - but sometimes existing accounts are taken over by criminals. Always keep in mind that someone on the internet interacting with you may (currently) not be who they claim to be.This includes my account. If it does not sound like me, it may not be me. Having doubts and double checking are good habits. Reputation (good or bad) is a useful property for knowing who you're dealing with, and to help detect anomalies.Accounts with a few or 0 followers, and hardly any or just plain pointless toots, may be bots or criminals coming after your money.If someone appears to only follow random Mastodonts with lots of followers, either they're noobs or they're here with less friendly intentions. If they then start following possibly lonely people, they *may* be trying to gain their attention and trust - maybe for nefarious purposes.🤔 Recently the following people started following the automated channel <a href="https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/followers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/followers</a>:Kendal Jenner [1] Jennifer Aniston [2] Stephen King [3] Keanu Reeves [4] Keanu Reeves [5]They all abuse the pictures of the real persons they impersonate (they're not just following the Auschwitz Memorial BTW).[1] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kendall01/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@kendall01/following</a> [2] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jenniferaniston123/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@Jenniferaniston123/following</a> [3] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Stevenkvng/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@Stevenkvng/following</a> [4] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@keanureeves1928/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@keanureeves1928/following</a> [5] <a href="https://mastodon.social/@reeves001/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@reeves001/following</a> (screenshot below)<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IdentityFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityFraud</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Impersonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Impersonation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authentication</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Identity</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IdentityVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityVerification</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Auschwitz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Auschwitz</a>

Kirsty's Old Account“The Identity Check system is aimed at becoming the primary way New Zealanders verify who they are online, for access to thousands of public and private services, from benefits to banks.But officials are having to embark on a second year of tests after facial recognition system failed 45 percent of the time in the first lot of tests.“ It’s even worse on Maori. And <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MSD</a> is already integrating it into their systems.<a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/501760/govt-facial-recognition-system-to-have-more-tests-after-low-success-rate" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/501760/govt-facial-recognition-system-to-have-more-tests-after-low-success-rate</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IdentityCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityCheck</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IdentityVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdentityVerification</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FacialRecognition</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FacialRecognitionAccuracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FacialRecognitionAccuracy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NZ</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NZTwits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NZTwits</a>

🏁⚡Omar Two Tone⚡🏁:verified:Vietnam to introduce Mandatory Identity Verification for social media users 👇🤔🤔 <a href="https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/vietnam-to-introduce-mandatory-identity-verification-for-social-media-users/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/vietnam-to-introduce-mandatory-identity-verification-for-social-media-users/</a><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/identityverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#identityverification</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialmedia</a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

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