👁 Don't scan your iris
I will just give you some of the reasons why you should not scan something as delicate as your iris with Worldcoin. There are many reasons. After a lot of reading, I will leave you with some points:
They want to prove that you are human globally but there are countries excluded. Do you really think they could get what they want?
A bit ugly to exclude certain human beings from this "great" purpose
You are not located in, under the control of, a national, or resident of: Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, or any other country or region with whom the United States, the European Union, or any other country or jurisdiction has restricted the access of the Services
Why would I give sensitive information like biometric data to a company that covers its back in case of vulnerabilities or hacks?
This is from their terms and conditions of use:
The Services are new. While this software has been extensively tested, the software used for the Services is still relatively new and could have bugs or security vulnerabilities.
More disclaimers, this time in their privacy policy:
We have a dedicated teams to look after your data and have implemented physical and electronic safeguards that protect your data both in transit and at rest. At the same time, no service can be completely secure.
More risks explained:
The particular risks of biometric can be realized in the following instances that we try to prevent in the following ways:
- Biometric data can leak due to a cyber attack. We prevent this by above industry standard cybersecurity measures.- Biometric data can be requested by a government. We prevent this by committing ourselves to challenge any unproportionate and undue requests of governments.
"We may mistakenly detect that you are logged in"
Collisions in a Proof of Uniqueness system is a fatal error, it would mean that a human would not have the right to access because "you are already registered"
A new scan might fix this or it might not.
As described in Section 2.3, below, the algorithm is not perfect and may make mistakes, such as erroneously determining that you have already signed up at an Orb.
Ah, the orb is not 100% opensource.
No one can guarantee that a system is perfect and not vulnerable.
That's why they try to cover their backs in the terms and conditions and that's why I don't want to give them my iris among other things.
It is also agreed not to go to court with them, but to reach an agreement with them through arbitration.
They have a tamper detection system, which suggests that you cannot make your own orb and verify your own iris.
Which makes sense because the only way to prove identity like this is through a centralized entity.
Sources:
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World is private by design | World Privacy
We don’t want to know who you are, only that you are human. Read More World Privacy
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WLD Production Legal Center
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World
Legal Center and Policies | User Terms and Conditions
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World
Legal Center and Policies | Privacy Notice
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WLD Production Legal Center
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WLD Production Legal Center
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GitHub
GitHub - worldcoin/orb-hardware: Hardware specifications and schematics for the Worldcoin Orb.
Hardware specifications and schematics for the Worldcoin Orb. - worldcoin/orb-hardware
