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Kenya: Privacy concerns over eyeball scanning

Kenya: Privacy concerns over eyeball scanning

Cryptocurrency firm Worldcoin has been banned from registering new users

Focus on Africa · BBC World Service

August 3, 202330m 43s

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Show Notes

Kenya’s government has ordered cryptocurrency company Worldcoin to stop signing up new users, due to privacy concerns over the company’s eyeball scanning technology. We look at some of the concerns around digital identities.

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