npub1vz…fttwj on Nostr: Terrible ad from a cynical man trying to steal your privacy. I've talked about the ...

Terrible ad from a cynical man trying to steal your privacy.


I've talked about the Orb Mini before:

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nevent1q…6758

Friends don't let friends get their eyeballs scanned to buy a coffee.

This portable dystopia machine is Tools for Humanity's latest effort to live up to their Orwellian name.



Connoisseurs of the AI-will-end-humanity marketing hype train of a few years ago should find plenty to appreciate in an eyeball scanner framed as as a 'helpful' tool to distinguish between AI agents & humans.

Or is it for that? Or maybe point of sale? Or nebulous 'verification?'

The only clear thing? This device starts from a point of biometric #privacy invasion.


It sure looks to me like another effort by the company Sam Altman founded to make a global data-grab.



Just say no.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/sam-altmans-world-unveils-a-mobile-verification-device/