Should You Trust Tools For Humanity’s Iris-scanning Orb?

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Ever wonderment if you’re talking to a existent personification online aliases conscionable different bot? As bots progressively outnumber humans online, starring to an detonation of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, 1 institution has a solution consecutive retired of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your identity. 

Today connected TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan said pinch Adrian Ludwig, Chief Security Officer and Chief Architect astatine Tools for Humanity, nan institution down World’s eye-scanning Orbs appearing astir nan globe. Bellan and Ludwig talk building privacy-first personality verification, nan open-source attack to biometric tech, and why proving humanity matters now much than ever. 

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