Sam Altman's 'human verification' company thinks its eye-scanning orbs could solve ticket scalping
TL;DR
,Among them, is a new tool called Concert Kit that could help bands and artists fight back against ticket scalping bots. The new feature relies on the revamped World ID, the orb-based verification system that scans users eyeballs and faces to create a "proof of human" signature that lives on users' mobile devices.
Nauti's Take
World ID as an anti-scalping tool is technically clever — biometric verification creates real barriers for bot armies. The risk: a centralized humanity protocol controlled by a single company is a major privacy trade-off.
Fans frustrated with scalping may benefit; anyone uncomfortable with eye-scanning as identity infrastructure should watch this closely.
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