> One solution was the universally hated worldcoin. I hate it as well and don't think it could work, but the problem they meant to tackle is very real and we sh

> One solution was the universally hated worldcoin. I hate it as well and don't think it could work, but the problem they meant to tackle is very real and we should talk about it. No it is not a solution. What prevents me from "selling" my biometrics to someone to be used for nefarious purposes? Or you are proposing putting an orb in from of every computer and not allow accessing the Web without scanning user's iris every time they type web-site address? Even if such dystopia get implemented we will end up with situation when bunch of real people in third-word countries are getting paid 2$ a day to sit in front of a computer playing games all day while getting their eyes periodicaly scanned to allow spammer botnet to browse the Web. > I think we are going to need some kind of certificates vouching for humans being humans. Who are "we"? Me and probably absolute majority of other users are perfectly fine with the way the Web currently works and don't care about the cost of fraud for Google's ad empire.