World’s Iris-Scanning Halted in Thailand as Officials Demand Data Destruction
Thailand has ordered World, the biometric ID project backed by Sam Altman, to halt all iris-scanning operations and erase 1.2 million biometric records following violations of the country’s data protection law. Thailand’...
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