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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 days 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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[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hold up? I'm going to need to verify to use zoom, now? Wtf for?

[–] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago

So they can have more valuable , more personal data.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oligarch control and profiteering. Tax the billionaires out of existence.