China’s State Department Security (MSS) warns of a national security threat designated by the abuse of biometric data, and appoints foreign companies that incentive Iris scanner with cryptocurrency in what appears to be a thin blurred reference to WorldCoin via a post on its official WeChat account.
In a post, MSS described a case in which a foreign company offered Crypto Token Rewards to scan users’ iris worldwide.
The company later transferred the biometric data abroad and raised concerns about both personal data protection and national security. While the company was not named, the description matches closely Worldcoin, the Crypto Project Co-founded by Openai CEO Sam Altman, which exchanges symbols for iris scans in an attempt to build a global identity network.
The project has already been exposed to regulatory pushback in Germany, France and Kenya, Coindesk previously reported, where concerns have been raised over informed consent, data storage and surveillance potential.
Peking’s advice goes ahead and quotes other cases where stolen face data has allegedly been used by foreign intelligence services for Deep Fake identities, allowing spies to infiltrate safe locations.
Worldcoin’s WLD -Token deals for 93 cents down 4%, according to Coindesk market data.
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