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World Biometrics News
South Korea privacy regulator to investigate Worldcoin’s biometrics handling
Another government is raising an eyebrow at Worldcoin’s iris biometrics bonanza. The Republic of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Committee (PIPC)…
| Mar 1, 2024 | Tools for Humanity acquires digital wallet developer to build up World AppDigital wallet startup Ottr Finance has been acquired by Worldcoin ecosystem developer Tools for Humanity, to work on the World… |
| Feb 23, 2024 | Jumio and Aware appoint finance executivesThe latest appointments by biometrics and digital ID firms include financial leaders at Aware and Jumio, as well as appointments… |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Bug bounty announced for the Worldcoin projectBackers of the Worldcoin cybercurrency protocol project say they have created a bug bounty program for the project, which will… |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Worldcoin Foundation announces grant winnersThe Worldcoin Foundation has announced the winners of its grant program designed to improve Worldcoin, a project that aims to… |
| Feb 1, 2024 | ID.me verifies 50M users while IDnow, Tools for Humanity sign up digital wallet partnersID.me has announced it has verified 50 million users’ IDs in the ID.me identity wallet. IDnow and netID are collaborating… |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Worldcoin’s Hong Kong premises raided in ‘proactive’ look into breach of data privacy lawsThe Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong has staged raids on multiple locations used for… |
| Jan 29, 2024 | New marketing for Worldcoin’s iris biometrics propositionTools for Humanity is updating the marketing of its Orb iris scanner. The five-pound chrome eyeball is being changed to… |
| Jan 15, 2024 | Worldcoin reaches 500K Argentinians with digital ID verified at an OrbHalf-a-million people in Argentina have verified their Worldcoin Foundation digital identity at one of the foundation’s Orb iris biometrics scanners…. |
| Jan 2, 2024 | Worldcoin is now in Singapore as its iris biometrics project grows globallyFollowing the launch of the World ID 2.0 digital identity passport in December 2023, which added face biometrics for verification,… |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Worldcoin pulls orbs from 3 countries, claims early success from Shopify integrationWorldcoin has shut down the use of iris biometrics-collecting orbs in India, Brazil and France, according to TechCrunch. Iris biometrics… |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Worldcoin soon back to business in Kenya as co-founder eyes next growth phaseWorldcoin, the multinational cryptocurrency and digital ID firm, is set to resume its operations in Kenya next year following reported… |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Worldcoin adds face biometrics, major consumer platforms in digital ID upgradeWorldcoin has expanded its digital identity system, added face biometric authentication and unveiled support for a series of popular online… |
| Dec 11, 2023 | How attractive is WLD to large investors? We’re going to seeThe Worldcoin Foundation, originator of would-be world digital currency of the future WLD, could use a little scratch. Executives want… |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Worldcoin turns to person on the street to accelerate biometric developmentExecutives with the Worldcoin Foundation have created a development grant program that has been valued at 5 million WLD. The… |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Worldcoin tours Asia, partners for crypto off-ramping capabilitiesMembers of the Tools for Humanity product development team toured Asia to gather feedback before World ID verification expands throughout… |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Those betting long on Worldcoin not stirred by OpenAI dramaTools for Humanity’s cryptocurrency Worldcoin has taken a little slap since its chair and cofounder, Sam Altman, was summarily fired… |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Worldcoin’s digital ID wallet reaches 4M downloads in 6 monthsBiometric cryptocurrency and digital identity company Worldcoin released World App, a digital wallet, six months ago. Since then, it has… |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Worldcoin is at it again. But at what? Biometrics player switching from stablecoinRare is the move made by Worldcoin Foundation or its founder Sam Altman that does not leave a non-zero percentage… |
| Oct 2, 2023 | Worldcoin a threat to Kenya’s statehood say lawmakersKenyan officials are stepping up their efforts to purge the East African nation of the Worldcoin project, accusing it of… |
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 |
