Such a privacy nightmare. It's mind-boggling that a group of engineers brought this thing to life, the whole time thinking "this is a good idea. we'll compile a

Such a privacy nightmare. It's mind-boggling that a group of engineers brought this thing to life, the whole time thinking "this is a good idea. we'll compile a database of people's iris' and associate it with a public transaction ledger". The only world in which this makes sense is one where an express goal is to help the state track the money of individuals (you might like that in a democratic society with strong traditions around rule of law and due process, but may like it less in authoritarian nations).