Worldcoin Suspended in Kenya, One of Its Biggest Markets for Sign-Ups So Far
The Kenyan government has temporarily halted operations of Worldcoin, the proof-of-personhood protocol co-founded by Sam Altman of OpenAI fame, due to, no surprise here, data security concerns. During this pause, the country's interior ministry will be assessing the risk Worldcoin's iris data collection poses to the populace. This might impact Worldcoin's growth, as Nairobi, Kenya's capital, accounted for over 250,000 of its sign-ups in December 2022.
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Worldcoin Suspended in Kenya, One of Its Biggest Markets for Sign-Ups So Far
The Kenyan government has temporarily halted operations of Worldcoin, the proof-of-personhood protocol co-founded by Sam Altman of OpenAI fame, due to, no surprise here, data security concerns. During this pause, the country's interior ministry will be assessing the risk Worldcoin's iris data collection poses to the populace. This might impact Worldcoin's growth, as Nairobi, Kenya's capital, accounted for over 250,000 of its sign-ups in December 2022.