Have you ever wondered if you are talking to a real person online or just one other bot? As bots outnumber humans on the Internet, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-based scams, one company has a solution straight out of science fiction: iris scanning to check your identity.
Today on the Equity TechCrunch Podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian Ludwig, Chief Security Officer and Chief Architect at the company Tools for humanitythe company behind World’s eye-scanning orbs popping up around the world. Bellan and Ludwig discuss building privacy-first identity verification, an open-source approach to biometric technology, and why proving your humanity is now more essential than ever.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- How zero-knowledge proofs confirm that you just are over 18 (or human) without revealing your location, browsing history or other identifying information.
- Why Tools for Humanity has open sourced the entire Orb – from hardware to firmware to software.
- How Match Group, Event Pop and other major platforms are working together to combat bot abuse.
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