世界幣虹膜掃描球即將登陸馬來西亞

「Orbs 即將登陸馬來西亞，」世界幣的新公告稱。 “驗證你的人性。”這家虹膜生物辨識、數位身分和加密貨幣公司激怒了全球數位監管機構，但其即將在馬來西亞的部署得到了政府的批准

Iris biometrics, digital ID and cryptocurrency firm Worldcoin has announced plans to deploy its technology in Malaysia, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with applied research and development agency Mimos Berhad, the Worldcoin Foundation, Tools for Humanity (TFH) and e-government services provider MyEG.

虹膜生物辨識、數位 ID 和加密貨幣公司 Worldcoin 宣布計劃在馬來西亞部署其技術，此前與應用研究和開發機構 Mimos Berhad、Worldcoin 基金會、Tools for Humanity (TFH) 和電子政府簽署了諒解備忘錄 (MOU)服務提供者MyEG。

According to Worldcoin’s blog, the MOU will ‘leverage the Worldcoin protocol and TFH technologies to improve ongoing and future work related to digital credentials.’ MIMOS will serve as the technical backbone, while MyEG will bring infrastructure and support for integration.

根據 Worldcoin 的博客，該諒解備忘錄將“利用 Worldcoin 協議和 TFH 技術來改進與數位憑證相關的正在進行和未來的工作。” MIMO 將作為技術支柱，而 MyEG 將帶來基礎設施和整合支援。

The two previously signed an MOU in 2022 to jointly build the Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure (MBI).

兩人先前曾於2022年簽署諒解備忘錄，共同建置馬來西亞區塊鏈基礎設施（MBI）。

The new agreement appears to cover a broad swath of potential collaborations on digital infrastructure, manufacturing and national blockchain projects. It promises to ripple throughout Malaysia’s economy, contributing to the development of a new skilled digital workforce and improving security, efficiency and scalability of digital ecosystems.

新協議似乎涵蓋了數位基礎設施、製造業和國家區塊鏈項目的廣泛潛在合作。它有望波及整個馬來西亞經濟，有助於培養新的熟練數位勞動力，並提高數位生態系統的安全性、效率和可擴展性。

Of course, it also means Malaysians can have their irises scanned by a Worldcoin Orb, which the company says provides “proof of humanness.”

當然，這也意味著馬來西亞人可以使用 Worldcoin Orb 掃描虹膜，該公司稱這提供了「人性的證明」。

Ecuadorian deployment generates concern

厄瓜多爾的部署引發擔憂

Ecuador, for one, wants a little more clarity on what that means, exactly. Just two months after Worldcoin set up iris scanning operations in two cities there, the South American nation’s Superintendency of Companies has issued an alert raising concerns about “risks associated with the delivery of biometric data” to the company and parent TFH.

厄瓜多爾就是其中之一，希望更清楚地了解這到底意味著什麼。就在Worldcoin 在當地兩個城市設立虹膜掃描業務兩個月後，南美國家公司監管局發布了一份警報，引發了對該公司及其母公司TFH 的“與生物識別數據傳輸相關的風險”的擔憂。

The alert makes special note of Worldcoin’s favorite offer: biometrics for bucks – specifically, WLD cryptocurrency tokens. “This practice, which was recently registered in Guayaquil, has generated concern among the authorities,” reads a machine translation. “This is due to a lack of clarity regarding the use of this sensitive information.”

該警報特別提到了 Worldcoin 最喜歡的產品：生物辨識技術——特別是 WLD 加密貨幣代幣。 「這種做法最近在瓜亞基爾登記，引起了當局的關注，」機器翻譯寫道。 “這是由於這些敏感資訊的使用缺乏明確性。”

Worldcoin tests ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ axiom

世界幣測試「沒有不良宣傳」的公理

Worldcoin has definitely broken into the mainstream news cycle, with recent pieces from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and Bloomberg Technology.

隨著《華爾街日報》（WSJ）和彭博科技公司最近的報道，世界幣無疑已經進入了主流新聞週期。

“Sam Altman is battling with governments over your eyes,” says the headline in WSJ. The company, writes author Angus Berwick, “has been raided in Hong Kong, blocked in Spain, fined in Argentina and criminally investigated in Kenya. A ruling looms on whether it can keep operating in the European Union.”

《華爾街日報》的標題是：「山姆·奧爾特曼正在與政府爭奪你的眼睛」。作家安格斯·貝威克（Angus Berwick）寫道，該公司「在香港遭到突襲搜查，在西班牙遭到封鎖，在阿根廷被罰款，在肯亞受到刑事調查。關於它是否可以繼續在歐盟運營的裁決即將到來。

After cataloging the various run-ins with the law Worldcoin has had over the course of its relatively short existence, the piece cites recent trading prices to estimate that “the total pool of WLD is theoretically worth some $15 billion.” It says the Cayman Islands-based Worldcoin Foundation still controls 97 percent of WLD, “meaning the price is set by a small pool of currency in circulation.”

在對世界幣在其相對較短的存在過程中與法律發生的各種衝突進行分類之後，該文章引用了最近的交易價格來估計“理論上，世界幣的總池價值約為150 億美元” 。據稱，總部位於開曼群島的 Worldcoin 基金會仍控制著 WLD 的 97%，“這意味著價格是由一小部分流通貨幣決定的。”

It also quotes Worldcoin Chief Privacy officer Damien Kieran, who argues Wolrdcoin’s iris scanning technology is “by default is privacy-enhancing. We don’t collect data to harvest it. We don’t sell data. In fact, we couldn’t sell it, because we don’t know who the data belongs to.” Worldcoin says 6,482,058 humans have had their irises scanned by Orbs to date.

它還引用了 Worldcoin 首席隱私官 Damien Kieran 的話，他認為 Wolrdcoin 的虹膜掃描技術「預設是增強隱私的。我們收集數據不是為了收穫它。我們不出售數據。事實上，我們無法出售它，因為我們不知道這些數據屬於誰。 Worldcoin 表示，迄今為止，已有 6,482,058 人接受了 Orbs 虹膜掃描。

One noteworthy point in Berwick’s article is that Worldcoin is effectively proposing to alleviate a problem – synthetic humans, false identities, deepfakes – that he helped create with ChatGPT and other OpenAI projects.

Berwick 文章中值得注意的一點是，Worldcoin 有效地提議緩解他透過 ChatGPT 和其他 OpenAI 專案幫助創建的一個問題——合成人類、虛假身份、深度偽造。

For Bloomberg, Worldcoin tags in TFH CEO Alex Blania, who co-founded Worldcoin with Altman. Noting that the project “can sound nuts” and that Blania himself has estimated a five percent chance that it will see widespread success, a panel grills the CEO on – once again – how clear the company has been with those whose iris biometrics it has collected.

對彭博社來說，世界幣的標籤是 TFH 執行長 Alex Blania，他與 Altman 共同創立了世界幣。一個小組注意到該項目“聽起來很瘋狂”，而且布蘭尼亞本人估計該項目有5% 的機會獲得廣泛成功，因此，一個小組再次向首席執行官詢問該公司對收集虹膜生物識別信息的人的了解程度如何。

Blania responds by arguing that “you don’t understand most of the technologies you’re using. That’s not the point. You understand why you’re doing it and what comes out of it for you.” He calls Worldcoin “truly critical” for “our democracy and things we care about.”

布拉尼亞回應道，「你不了解你正在使用的大部分技術。這不是重點。你明白為什麼要這樣做，以及這樣做會為你帶來什麼。他稱世界幣對於「我們的民主和我們關心的事情」「真正至關重要」。