China warns about national security threats targeting citizens' biometric with crypto

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China’s Ministry of State Security has warned that a foreign company is using crypto as a front to collect sensitive biometric information, including iris scans. It believes their activity will compromise individual privacy and national security. Although the ministry did not call out the specific firm by name, the described tactics are similar to those employed by World , the blockchain project founded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman. China claims biometric data misuse In its press release, China’s Mini...