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https://www.wired.com/story/worldcoin-sam-altman-orb/ https://www.wired.com/story/worldcoin-sam-altman-orb/

timshell 1y ago
Yup, Worldcoin has been the one of the efforts in this space. We're trying to have a frictionless, less privacy-invasive method than biometric scanning
- jskrn 1y ago
  Do you work for Worldcoin?
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julkali 1y ago
That is the silicon valley cryptoscam version. This concept has been studied already extensively, e.g [1] (in 2000!) by people like Rivest and Chaum, who have actual decade-old competence in that field. [1] https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/pubs/LRSW99.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/pubs/LRSW99.pdf
- calvinmorrison 1y ago
  Or just charge bots and humans and we're good to go https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/postage-is-due-for-companies-sending-email.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/postage-is-due...
  - TJSomething 1y ago
    While that works for attacks that are like spam, bot detection for high margin attacks like show ticket scalping really wants an identity-oriented solution.
  - joshgachnang 1y ago
    Ah yes, postage has stopped all the spam coming to my house!
    - throw10920 1y ago
      This is an extremely ignorant take. It's extremely well-known that one of the primary ways you stop spam is by making it economically infeasible, specifically by making the cost of distribution higher than the expected return. It's also extremely well-known that spam snail-mail is subsidized by the US post office and doesn't pay normal post rates.
      - nc0 1y ago
        > Say something everyone lives everyday around the world. > "This is an extremely ignorant take."
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- pzo 1y ago
  I think worldcoin added this year (?) identification using government e-passport as well (not only orb) - all modern passport have NFC/RFID chip, you won't get all data from that in public way but can verify signature and can get basic information. There are already apps in appstore doing that.

Yup, Worldcoin has been the one of the efforts in this space. We're trying to have a frictionless, less privacy-invasive method than biometric scanning

jskrn 1y ago
Do you work for Worldcoin?
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julkali 1y ago

That is the silicon valley cryptoscam version. This concept has been studied already extensively, e.g [1] (in 2000!) by people like Rivest and Chaum, who have actual decade-old competence in that field. [1] https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/pubs/LRSW99.pdf https://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/pubs/pubs/LRSW99.pdf

calvinmorrison 1y ago
Or just charge bots and humans and we're good to go https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/postage-is-due-for-companies-sending-email.html https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/technology/postage-is-due...
- TJSomething 1y ago
  While that works for attacks that are like spam, bot detection for high margin attacks like show ticket scalping really wants an identity-oriented solution.
- joshgachnang 1y ago
  Ah yes, postage has stopped all the spam coming to my house!
  - throw10920 1y ago
    This is an extremely ignorant take. It's extremely well-known that one of the primary ways you stop spam is by making it economically infeasible, specifically by making the cost of distribution higher than the expected return. It's also extremely well-known that spam snail-mail is subsidized by the US post office and doesn't pay normal post rates.
    - nc0 1y ago
      > Say something everyone lives everyday around the world. > "This is an extremely ignorant take."
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pzo 1y ago
I think worldcoin added this year (?) identification using government e-passport as well (not only orb) - all modern passport have NFC/RFID chip, you won't get all data from that in public way but can verify signature and can get basic information. There are already apps in appstore doing that.