WorldCoin的虹膜扫描模型对侵入性，集中化进行了审查

加密行业对争议并不陌生，但是很少有项目比Sam Altman的世界更加审查

The crypto industry is no stranger to controversy, yet few projects have drawn more scrutiny than Sam Altman’s World, formerly known as Worldcoin. Promising to verify human uniqueness through iris scans and distribute its WLD token globally, World positions itself as a tool for financial inclusion. However, critics argue the project’s biometric methods are invasive, overly centralized, and at odds with the ethos of decentralization and digital privacy.

加密行业对争议并不陌生，但是很少有项目比Sam Altman的世界（以前称为WorldCoin）更加审查。承诺通过虹膜扫描并在全球范围内验证人类独特性，世界将自己定位为金融包容性的工具。但是，批评家认为该项目的生物识别方法具有侵入性，过度集中，并且与权力下放和数字隐私的精神不符。

At the heart of the critique is the claim that biometric identity systems cannot be truly decentralized when they rely on proprietary hardware, closed authentication methods, and centralized control over data pipelines.

批评的核心是，当生物识别身份系统依靠专有硬件，封闭的身份验证方法和对数据管道的集中控制时，无法真正分散。

“Decentralization isn’t just a technical architecture. It’s a philosophy that prioritizes user control, privacy, and self-sovereignty. World’s biometric model is inherently at odds with this ethos,” Shady El Damaty, co-founder of Holonym Foundation, told Cointelegraph.

Holyony Foundation的联合创始人Shady El Damaty告诉Cointelegraph：“权力下放不仅是一种技术架构。这是一种优先考虑用户控制，隐私和自我主张的哲学。世界的生物识别模型与这种精神固有地矛盾。

El Damaty argued that despite using tools like multiparty computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, World’s reliance on custom hardware — the Orb — and centralized code deployment undermines the decentralization it claims to champion.

埃尔·达马蒂（El Damaty）认为，尽管使用了多方计算（MPC）和零知识（ZK）证明等工具，但世界对定制硬件（ORB）的依赖（ORB）和集中式代码部署破坏了其声称对冠军的权力下放化。

“This is by design to achieve their goals of uniquely identifying individual humans. This concentration of power risks creating a single point of failure and control, undermining the very promise of decentralization,” he said.

他说：“这是通过设计来实现他们独特地识别人类的目标。这种力量的集中风险造成了单一的失败和控制点，破坏了权力下放的希望。”

When reached out for comment, a spokesperson for World pushed back against these claims. “World does not use centralized biometric infrastructure,” they said, adding that the World App is non-custodial, meaning users remain in control of their digital assets and World IDs.

当接触置评时，世界发言人反对这些主张。他们说：“世界不使用集中式生物识别基础设施，”他补充说，世界应用程序是非习惯的，这意味着用户仍控制着其数字资产和世界ID。

The project said once the Orb generates an iris code, the “iris photo will be sent as an end-to-end encrypted data bundle to your phone and will be immediately deleted from the Orb.” The iris code, they claimed, is processed with anonymizing multiparty computation so “no personal data is stored.”

该项目表示，一旦ORB生成了虹膜代码，“虹膜照片将作为端到端的加密数据捆绑发送到您的手机，并将立即从Orb中删除。”他们声称，虹膜代码是通过匿名多方计算处理的，因此“没有存储个人数据”。

Evin McMullen, co–founder of Privado ID and Billions.Network, said that World’s biometric model is not “inherently incompatible” with decentralization but faces some challenges in implementation around data centralization, trust assumptions, and governance.

Privado ID和数十亿的共同创始人Evin McMullen表示，世界的生物识别模型并不是“固有的不兼容”，而不是权力下放化，但在围绕数据集中化，信任假设和治理的实施方面面临一些挑战。

A pattern of tech overreach?

技术过度的模式？

El Damaty also drew a parallel between OpenAI’s large-scale scraping of “unconsented user data” and World’s collection of biometric information.

El Damaty还与Openai的“无意用户数据”的大规模刮擦与世界的生物特征识别信息收集之间的相似之处。

He argued that both reflect a pattern of aggressive data acquisition framed as innovation, warning that such practices risk eroding privacy and normalizing surveillance under the banner of progress.

他认为，两者都反映了一种积极的数据获取的模式，以创新为创新，警告说，这种做法有可能侵蚀隐私并在进步旗帜下进行监视。

“The irony here is hard to miss. OpenAI built its foundation by scraping vast amounts of unconsented user data to train its models, and now Worldcoin is taking that same aggressive data acquisition approach into the realm of biometric identity,” El Damaty claimed.

埃尔·达马蒂（El Damaty）声称：“讽刺的是，很难错过Openai，通过刮擦大量未经同意的用户数据来训练其模型，而现在WorldCoin正在将相同的积极数据获取方法纳入生物特征识别领域。”

In 2023, a class-action lawsuit filed in California accused OpenAI and Microsoft of scraping 300 billion words from the internet without consent, including personal data from millions of users, such as children.

2023年，在加利福尼亚州提起的集体诉讼指控Openai和Microsoft未经同意就从Internet上刮下3000亿个单词，包括来自数百万用户（例如儿童）的个人数据。

In 2024, a coalition of Canadian media outlets, including The Canadian Press and CBC, sued OpenAI for allegedly using their content without authorization to train ChatGPT, claiming copyright infringement.

2024年，包括加拿大媒体和CBC在内的加拿大媒体联盟起诉Openai，据称未经授权使用其内容来培训Chatgpt，声称侵犯了版权。

World, however, rejects this comparison, emphasizing that it is a separate entity from OpenAI. The company said that it neither sells nor stores personal data, citing its use of privacy-preserving technologies such as multiparty computation and zero-knowledge proofs.

然而，世界拒绝这种比较，强调它是与Openai的独立实体。该公司表示，它既不出售也不存储个人数据，理由是它使用了隐私保护技术，例如多阶计算和零知识证明。

The scrutiny also extends to World’s user onboarding. The project says it ensures informed consent through translated guides, an in-app Learn module, brochures, and a Help Center.

审查还扩展到了世界用户的入职。该项目表示，它可以通过翻译指南，应用程序内学习模块，小册子和帮助中心确保知情同意。

However, critics remain skeptical. “People in developing nations, who World… has mainly been targeting up until this point, are easier to bribe and often don’ونضطر إلى밝히다.

但是，批评家仍然持怀疑态度。 “发展中国家的人们，世界……主要一直在瞄准到这一点上，更容易贿赂，而且常常没有“”。