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World Biometrics News
2025 deepfake threat predictions from biometrics, cybersecurity insiders
As the year 2025 begins, anti-fraud and cybersecurity companies such as iProov, World and Pindrop are laying out their predictions…
| Dec 26, 2024 | What we talk about when we talk about ‘humanness’One of the more curious promises of technology in the 21st century is that it can confirm someone’s humanity. It… |
| Dec 19, 2024 | World does not comply with GDPR, says German regulatorThe iris biometrics and digital identity project World has been chastised again, this time by German regulators, who have dealt… |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Firm using cryptography to keep AI accountable joins World via TFH acquisitionTools for Humanity (TFH), which calls itself a “contributor” to the World ID iris biometrics and digital identity project, has… |
| Dec 5, 2024 | World ID keeps growing with passport credential optionWorld is continuing its planned expansion into new digital ID products with the pilot launch of its World ID Credentials… |
| Nov 28, 2024 | World Network taps X veteran to handle pesky regulators as global rollout continuesWorld ID verifications have launched in Panama, as the company focusses on Latin America as a key region in its… |
| Nov 19, 2024 | ‘Spurious realities’ of AI age drive boom for ways to prove humannessLike it or not, we will soon need ways to confirm that we are human in a world of machines,… |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Dominican Republic orders immediate suspension of World ID verificationRegulators in the Dominican Republic are the latest to issue a red card to the World Foundation, with the National… |
| Nov 11, 2024 | World Network ups bounty for critical bugs, releases treasure map for bug huntersThe only good bug is a dead bug: so says digital ID network World, née Worldcoin, which is increasing payouts… |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Evolving age assurance landscape takes spotlight in Liminal webinarRegulations, it turns out, are highly irregular, particularly when it comes to age assurance. In a recent webinar hosted by… |
| Nov 4, 2024 | World strengthens chain link with LBank Exchange listing, multiple integrationsFresh off its rebrand, World (ex-Worldcoin) has announced its upcoming listing on LBank Exchange, a premier global digital asset trading… |
| Oct 22, 2024 | World rebrand comes with governance shuffle, promise of decentralized ownershipBy now, most who are familiar with the World digital ID project will associate it with its main public advocates,… |
| Oct 17, 2024 | ‘We need more Orbs. Lots more Orbs’: Worldcoin rebrands as World in massive pushWorldcoin is now World, and it is absolutely determined to put its biometric-scanning Orbs everywhere: this is the key message… |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Worldcoin pivots away from Europe amid tangle of GDPR problemsOne thing about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): it is designed to protect citizens’ sensitive personal data. This… |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Worldcoin waves in more applications for expanded grant programWorldcoin has shifted their grant program to fund innovation in its World ID project, decentralized identity and growth initiatives, says… |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Worldcoin rolls out in Guatemala, receives fine from KoreaAfter launching in Poland last week, Worldcoin is rolling out its iris biometrics-scanning Orb devices in Malaysia and Guatemala. Starting… |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Worldcoin pilots face biometrics, arrives in PolandWorldcoin has launched its “humanness verification” with iris biometrics deduplication in Poland, and also introduced a set of new security… |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Singaporean regulators zoom in on WorldcoinSingaporean data protection authorities have not specifically ruled out taking action against Worldcoin, but it is not currently under investigation… |
| Aug 26, 2024 | More Latin American regulators suspicious of Worldcoin data collection practicesIn attempting to establish its World ID protocol and WLD cryptocurrency, much-interrogated iris biometrics scheme Worldcoin may have to settle… |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Worldcoin bringing iris biometrics operation to Malaysia“Orbs coming to Malaysia,” says a new announcement from Worldcoin. “Verify your humanness.” The iris biometrics, digital ID and cryptocurrency… |
World Industry Insights
World ID – Changing the world or sci-fi dystopia?
By Alan Goode, CEO and Chief Analyst at Goode Intelligence Would you let a shiny metal orb scan your iris…
| Why Worldcoin will go nowhere |
