🌍Worldcoin, the AI-centric ID project, is bowling over privacy advocates with its iris-scanning silver sphere. 🎳 Over 5M people have traded their peepers for 25 WLD ($115) and an online ID. But not everyone's a fan. Critics like Edward Snowden are calling foul, and regulators are banning the project faster than you can say "biometric data." 🚫

Is Worldcoin's data collection a genuine threat or just misunderstood? Biometric data is sensitive stuff, and Worldcoin's practices are under investigation in several countries. Spain and Hong Kong have already hit the brakes, citing unjustified data retention for AI training. 🛑

Worldcoin's response? Open sourcing its Orb software and introducing a "Personal Custody" feature for data security. But it's got a long way to go to regain trust and prove its product's safety and privacy. 🛡️

So, what do you think? Is Worldcoin a game-changer or a privacy nightmare? Let's hash it out in the comments! 👇 #DeFi #Web3 #TechNews