Spain halts Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning startup Worldcoin over privacy concerns

Spanish regulators have ordered Worldcoin to pause operations over fears that the company’s eyeball-scanning technology may intrude on users’ privacy.   Worldcoin — co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in 2019 —  uses orbs to scan people’s eyes in exchange for a digital ID and some cryptocurrency.   According to the order issued by Spain’s privacy watchdog yesterday, Worldcoin must stop collecting and processing personal data in the co