Privacy assurance before biometrics capture: Worldcoin tries a new approach in Malaysia

Executives with Worldcoin and its parent organization recently met with Malaysian government officials, including Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, in an apparent change of tack for the biometric crypto and proof-of-humanity project’s approach to international expansion.

The Block reports the meetings included Tools for Humanity Co-founders Sam Altman and Alex Blania, and coincide with another set of announcements and releases from Worldcoin about WLD token supply and data privacy measures.

Some Worldcoin employees felt unrepared to deal with the heightened regulatory …

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