I detest this World coin thing so much. Takes massive advantage of people here in Kenya.
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So sad 🥲
Any time you see a name like 'Tools for Humanity' you should slow down and scrutinize.
Especially when paired with AI hype.
The level of documented exploitation around the WorldCoin project is wild.
Everything @Erik Hersman said x1000.
Now the company wants more data.
Exploitation was baked right in from the earliest days of this hype train. 
Sources;
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-https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kenyans-scanning-their-eyeballs-worldcoin-cryptocurrency-tokens-4319600
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Now the company wants more data.
Exploitation was baked right in from the earliest days of this hype train.
Sources;
-DL News
Worldcoin’s eyeball-scanning stations were gamed by hustlers who exploited the homeless
Worldcoin's eyeball-scanning stations were gamed by hustlers this year, sources tell DL News. The digital identity startup co-founded by Sam Altman...
MIT Technology Review
Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How World recruited its first half a million test users
The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the...
Yeah, that’s so fucked
How is this different than collecting npubs?
Fucked up
In what way?
No thank you, creepy biometric dude
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I detest this World coin thing so much. Takes massive advantage of people here in Kenya.
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