Last week, he went viral on social networks several reports of people who were going to places in São Paulo to “Sell the iris ”in exchange for a sum of money .
Who is behind the action is the company Tools for Humanity (TFH). Using state -of -the -art cameras, TFH scanes the person’s iris to create what it calls the world id.
The report of CNN He was in one of the 53 collection points of the company in São Paulo, in the neighborhood of Bela Vista, central region of the capital. In a room at the end of a corridor, only with a television: this is how the World ID is presented as a Verification of Humanity .
Already at the gateway, when asked about “how the Iris sales process works, an attendant asked to show a video that would explain everything about the tool.
The feeling is to be in a futuristic movie. All attendants have impeccable hair, standardized black clothes with a symbol of the company and repeat lines that seem to have been decorated.
In the corridor, before the room, four machines of the height of a person were installed. A rod connects the iron to a metal sphere on the floor. These are the scanners used to map the iris of those who are willing to go to the place.
The explanatory video shows the World ID project. The goal, according to the company, is to obtain a unique code that cannot be reproduced by artificial intelligence. “Artificial intelligence is also used for evil. The goal here is to give more security, ”said one of the attendants.
Queues to “sell the iris” have viralized in several videos on social networks in recent days. According to the company’s presentation, those who verify humanity receives about 48 cryptors. “How much does it give in reais?” Asked the report from CNN . The answer was not exact because, according to the attendants, it depends on the quotation of the day.
According to a simulation made by CNN the value of cryptors given by the company is equivalent to about R $ 500 . “You can draw whenever you want,” said one attendant.
According to the company, World ID does not have user data. But after all, what does the company gain from it, as it pays to scannnear people’s face? The question asked by the report was not answered by the attendants on site.
About 500,000 people have already sold iris data in São Paulo, the only city in Brazil where the company operates. To participate you must download an application, accept the terms and conditions and, if you want, inform a name and phone. After that, the person can mark a time to collect.
The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has recently determined the suspension of payment by the collection of citizens’ iris in Brazil. However, the service continues to be done in exchange for cryptocurrencies.
The company says it has sent an request to ANPD to allow TFH to continue its operation. “All this time, we were working closely with ANPD. Our goal is to ensure that we are in accordance with LGPD. We want more time to work this and be able to provide ANPD understanding of our work, ”Kieran told CNN Money .
This content was originally published in a company pays about $ 500 for iris scan; Understand how it is done on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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