"Ever wonder if you're talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your identity. Today on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian Ludwig, Chief Security Officer and Chief Architect at Tools for Humanity, the company behind World's eye-scanning Orbs appearing around the globe."
"Bellan and Ludwig discuss building privacy-first identity verification, the open-source approach to biometric tech, and why proving humanity matters now more than ever. How zero-knowledge proofs verify that you're over 18 (or human) without revealing your location, browsing history, or other identifying information. Why Tools for Humanity open-sourced the entire Orb - from hardware to firmware and software. How Match Group, Event Pop, and other major platforms are partnering up to combat bot abuse."
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Online platforms face rising bot activity, deepfakes, and AI-driven fraud that make it difficult to distinguish humans from automated accounts. Tools for Humanity deploys iris-scanning Orbs worldwide to verify user identity and prove humanity while minimizing personal data exposure. The system uses zero-knowledge proofs to confirm attributes such as being over 18 or human without revealing location, browsing history, or other identifying information. Tools for Humanity has open-sourced the Orb hardware, firmware, and software to increase transparency and trust. Major platforms such as Match Group and Event Pop are partnering to integrate Orb verification to combat bot abuse. The approach emphasizes privacy-first biometric verification.
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