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How did they trick them by giving them free money?

s_ting765 1y ago
Free crypto. There's a difference.
HenryBemis 1y ago
They are paying 'one worldcoin' (I've read sold about $50) to places that give zero value to their privacy (too difficult to care for privacy when starving to death and the monthly salary is $10). They are targeting poor countries (South America, Africa). Once they have collected 'enough' faces to use on their AI, they could possibly pull the plug or keep it as a social experiment. I was thinking, there is no way Russia or China will allow them to operate in their countries, and (combined) they got 1.5bn people. I can also see them trying that to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other autocratic ..stan places, where the local dictator would only allow this if they got to use the data for their own nefarious purposes.
- tim333 1y ago
  I signed up in London. It's coming to the US shortly. You give up very little privacy - you don't even have to give your name. Most people calling it a scam don't know much about it.
  - GolfPopper 1y ago
    You just give up a little freedom for a little security?
    - tim333 1y ago
      I'm not aware of giving up any freedom. Or getting security. I got about $300 in cash equivalent in their cryptocoins and a tech toy - it's basically a combo app and crypto wallet.
bigyabai 1y ago
TINSTAAFL
FeepingCreature 1y ago
They don't know how but they know it has to be a scam because it's crypto. That's all the thought that's gone into it.
- latexr 1y ago
  It’s not a scam because it’s a cryptocurrency, it’s a scam because it works like one. This has been covered at length by multiple investigative journalists. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-crypto-eyeball-scanning-orb-problems https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-... https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoi...

Free crypto. There's a difference.

They are paying 'one worldcoin' (I've read sold about $50) to places that give zero value to their privacy (too difficult to care for privacy when starving to death and the monthly salary is $10). They are targeting poor countries (South America, Africa). Once they have collected 'enough' faces to use on their AI, they could possibly pull the plug or keep it as a social experiment. I was thinking, there is no way Russia or China will allow them to operate in their countries, and (combined) they got 1.5bn people. I can also see them trying that to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other autocratic ..stan places, where the local dictator would only allow this if they got to use the data for their own nefarious purposes.

tim333 1y ago
I signed up in London. It's coming to the US shortly. You give up very little privacy - you don't even have to give your name. Most people calling it a scam don't know much about it.
- GolfPopper 1y ago
  You just give up a little freedom for a little security?
  - tim333 1y ago
    I'm not aware of giving up any freedom. Or getting security. I got about $300 in cash equivalent in their cryptocoins and a tech toy - it's basically a combo app and crypto wallet.

bigyabai 1y ago

TINSTAAFL

FeepingCreature 1y ago

They don't know how but they know it has to be a scam because it's crypto. That's all the thought that's gone into it.

latexr 1y ago
It’s not a scam because it’s a cryptocurrency, it’s a scam because it works like one. This has been covered at length by multiple investigative journalists. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-crypto-eyeball-scanning-orb-problems https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-... https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoin-cryptocurrency-biometrics-web3/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoi...