Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
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Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.

been tracking the ORBs along with TrashFuture. not good.

  • noredcandy@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Not making a judgement call on “orb” (which I assume is using some privacy preserving biometrics but honestly not sure), but why not leverage mobile devices? It seems like a lot of extra steps to use dedicated hardware for something like this.

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 hours ago

      Makes no sense. Am I supposed to run out and buy a new piece of equipment just to log into Reddit? 🙄