Eye-scanning Worldcoin stops eye scans in multiple countries, reports
Worldcoin is reportedly winding down its eye-scanning operations across India, France, and Brazil, ceasing the use of real-world physical orbs to collect retina data in exchange for crypto, TechCrunch reports. Tools for Humanity, Worldcoin ’s parent company, reportedly told TechCrunch that its real-world scanning operations were a “limited-time” event across certain markets this year. According to unnamed sources speaking to Money Control, Worldcoin temporarily stopped its offline biometric orb operation in India between three and four months ago due to overcrowding at certain sites. An anonymous mall management executive reportedly said, “There used to be so much crowding that sometimes police had to come to intervene and control the crowd. At one point, police even had to seize the orbs .” Reportedly, the orbs couldn’t handle a spike in demand, and operations were “scaled back” so that a “safe and orderly process” could be established. Worldcoin wants to continu...