The latest Worldcoin material, The Orb Mini, aimed at allowing portable human verification, has encountered a ridiculous on Crypto Twitter.
Launched with the slogan “It is going where you go”, the device has rather triggered dystopian comparisons and a widespread mockery for its disturbing implications and its unclear use.
“The thing about humans is that they can say when a human is in front of them,” wrote Alicia Katz of the decentralized Euler Finance finance platform (DEFI).
“When something is slightly off, they can discover the strange valley, an uncomfortable feeling similar to what your appointment tries to scan your eye globe,” she added.
Another user joked: “Can you save your friends?” Admiring the device to a science fiction accessory rather than a serious identity solution.
The Orb Mini is a portable Iris scanning device that creates a unique world ID for users stored on the blockchain. Returning from a smartphone with visible eye sensors, it is a smaller and more accessible version of the original Orbe of Worldcoin.
Unveiled during the “last” event in San Francisco on April 30, the device is part of a broader thrust by the tools for humanity, which also plans to deploy 7,500 orbs units across the United States by the end of the year.
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Crypto users question the mini orb
Several eminent voices have raised concerns about security, ethics and basic practicality.
“What real problem does it solve?” A user asked, while others made fun of his vulnerability to usurpation, with a tweet suggesting that the device “could be fooled by a half-decent AI of a human”.
In the same thread, a user has sarcastically recommended a “rectal probe” for more secure identity checks, saying that “each anal print of man is unique”.
Critics have also criticized the social implications of the device. The CEO of Swan Bitcoin, Cory Klippsten, described the Orb Orb orb Mini a tool as a “scary dystopia box”, suggesting that the product reflects insecurity among its creators rather than solving a real confidence problem.
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Worldcoin faces resistance
Worldcoin’s thrust to make the manufacture of biometric identity tools continues to deal with resistance, especially since privacy defenders raise questions about decentralization, surveillance and bodily autonomy.
On May 5, the company, supported by Sam Altman’s tools for humanity, was faced with challenges in Indonesia after local regulators temporarily suspended its registration certificates.
Several global regulators have postponed global operations since its launch in July 2023, governments such as Germany, Kenya and Brazil expressing concerns about potential risks for the safety of user biometric data.
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