Stembolt Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users Reddit is considering using World ID, the verification system based on iris-scanning Orbs whose parent company was co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. According to two people familiar with the matter, World ID could soon become a way for Reddit users to verify that they are unique individuals while remaining anonymous on the platform.
InternetJeff I wonder how many reddit users are going to go along with this. I would certainly not offer my retina scan into the cloud for this. Reddit (or any social media platform) is just not that important.
ugly95 InternetJeff I wonder how many reddit users are going to go along with this. I would certainly not offer my retina scan into the cloud for this. Reddit (or any social media platform) is just not that important. I can’t count how many times simply making an account or needing to submit an email address has stopped me from doing someting online.