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The digital identity project backed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman has also open-sourced components of its codebase. <\/p>\n
Controversial eyeball-scanning project Worldcoin<\/a> announced today that it will offer users the option to maintain control over their personal information.<\/p>\n Dubbed Personal Custody, the implementation means that any data generated on the silver orb will remain on a person\u2019s mobile device. That includes images, metadata, and derived data, empowering users to delete the information if they wish.<\/p>\n \u201cThis approach gives you control over the flow of this data,\u201d said the team in today\u2019s press release. Worldcoin calls the new feature an evolution in data custody recommended by privacy experts.<\/p>\n WLD spiked<\/a> 4% on the news. The project has seen substantial growth in recent months, surpassing<\/a> 1 million daily users amid a 400% rally since Nov. 2023.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Worldcoin is a blockchain-based digital identity startup that uses physical devices called \u2018Orbs\u2019 to scan users\u2019 retinas and establish that they are unique individuals. It is backed by<\/a> Sam Altman and has been under fire since launch for its unusual sign up process.<\/p>\n Privacy has been widely touted as an impossibility in the digital sphere, notwithstanding Worldcoin\u2019s critiques. And with more than 4.5 million sign-ups, according to Worldcoin\u2019s website, the new approach is welcome \u2013 and much needed.<\/p>\n The project also announced today that it is open-sourcing several of its core components, which are now available on Github under the MIT\/Apache 2.0 dual license.<\/p>\n