The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.

The biometric ID project has been halted and investigated in multiple countries, but it recently partnered with Tinder, Zoom, and Docusign to verify users.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1061·
    1 day ago

    An MIT Technology Review investigation reveals World’s unethical practices when onboarding test users across Africa and Asia, including deceptive marketing practices. The investigation also says that World was gathering personal data beyond iris scans, including heartbeat, breathing, and other vital signs, and doing so without obtaining meaningful informed consent.

    Insane. When businesses are building massive systems to identify and track the citizenry, the government should step in and stomp it out. Instead, the government is mandating that it proceeds.

    The system is functioning as expected. The system must be destroyed.

    • Zink@programming.devEnglish
      6·
      12 hours ago

      That’s the neat part when you blur the lines between the government and the private sector. So-called leaders who are interested in power, control, and “winning” more than upholding their oaths of office can just use the private sector to do the things the government is restricted from doing. Then when their businesses can’t compete on their own, they can lean on the legal + force options the government has.

      I’m starting to think this habit we have of electing selfish sociopathic bad-faith actors to powerful positions of service is less than optimal.