The Chinese State (MSS) Ministry of State (MSS) warns against a national security threat posed by the misuse of biometric data, distinguishing foreign companies that encourage iris scans with cryptocurrency, in what seems to be a barely veiled reference to Worldcoin via a post on its official WeChat account.
In an article, the MSS has described a case in which a foreign company has offered cryptographic token rewards to scan users’s iris worldwide.
The company then transferred biometric data abroad, which raises concerns concerning the confidentiality of personal data and national security. Although the company is not named, the description corresponds closely to Worldcoin, the crypto project co-founded by the CEO of Openai, Sam Altman, which exchanges tokens for Iris scans in order to create a global identity network.
The project has already been faced with a regulatory decline in Germany, France and Kenya, previously reported Coindesk, where concerns were raised on informed consent, data storage and the surveillance potential.
The Beijing Council goes further, citing other cases where stolen facial data would have been used by the intelligence services foreign to deep identities, allowing spies to infiltrate secure locations.
The WorldCoin WLD token is negotiated on 93 cents, down 4%, according to Coindesk market data.
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