Sam Altman's cryptocurrency turned identity verification startup Tools for Humanity is offering a new set of perks to people who scan their eyes at one of the company's orbs.
  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I wanted to build something similar but included a Reddit style posting community.

    I ultimately didn’t because the fear of a hostile takeover like what happened at twitter made me rethink allowing such a platform to exist.

    I know I wouldn’t use any of the data to monitor users, but there’s no reasonable way to stop others from abusing the system I created.

    it would be unethical to create such a system knowing it would eventually fall into some private investment firms hands.

      • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        when a multibillion conglomerate sets their eyes on you, do you really think anything will stop them from acquiring you?

        I would rather sabotage the whole product, but what’s stopping any of the devs from taking a copy and building it again for the conglomerate?

        you can’t put the genie back in the bottle once you set it free.