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		remcob on Oct 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Worldcoin has a new Orb and is now just World It actually uses a lot of modern cryptography (zero knowledge proofs, multiparty computation, decentralized consensus, etc) to avoid exactly that.

stogot on Oct 18, 2024 | [–]

To avoid harvesting people’s biometrics for profit?

3np on Oct 19, 2024 | | [–]

Rather, to obscure exactly that.

grishka on Oct 19, 2024 | [–]

So what is the root of trust in this system then?

tim333 on Oct 19, 2024 | [–]

Sam?

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