# Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/spain-tells-sam-altman-worldcoin-to-shut-down-its-eyeball-scanning-orbs-2/
- Published: 2024-03-08T09:30:01-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image caption: Worldcoin’s “Orb,” a device that scans your eyeballs to verify that you’re a real human. Article by George Hammond, Barney Jopson, Carmen Muela, Scott Chipolina, FT. Ars Technica – March 6, 2024. Original article: Financial Times. Spain has moved to block Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project Worldcoin, the latest blow to a venture that has raised controversy in multiple countries by collecting customers’ personal data using an eyeball-scanning “orb.” […] Click here to view original web page at arstechnica.com