TON Ecological Community Launches Palm Scan Identity Verification Program
The Worldcoin project, initiated by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is about to face competition! While Worldcoin utilizes iris scanning technology for human identity verification, the TON Society in the TON blockchain ecosystem has partnered with artificial intelligence company HumanCode to allow users to verify their human identity on the blockchain by scanning their palms.
The verification method proposed by HumanCode only requires a smartphone for palm scanning, making it easier than using additional specialized devices like iris instruments.
TON Society aims to combat bots on the blockchain through identity verification, ensuring that participants on the blockchain are real humans while enabling users to manage and protect their identity information more effectively in the online world.
The verification project between TON Society and HumanCode is an incentive program worth over $5 million, with these rewards being distributed to TON Society members who complete palm scanning and prove their human identity.
Tim Zhang, the founder of HumanCode, pointed out, “We have reached a stage where robots pose significant risks to the internet, and even though other human verification solutions have emerged, HumanCode’s palm scanning solution provides better user privacy protection without the need for additional hardware.”
Zhang emphasized that this is especially relevant to the TON ecosystem, as Telegram, which is closely associated with TON, has over 900 million monthly active users, making it the best way to drive widespread adoption of Web3.
Ekin Tuna, the Director of Growth at the TON Foundation, also believes that an identity that is scalable, privacy-oriented, and decentralized will help attract billions of users to the Web3 ecosystem within Telegram. He also looks forward to seeing deeper use cases for identity verification in the community and among TON developers in the future.
Privacy and regulatory issues remain significant challenges
While the palm recognition identity verification system developed by TON Society and HumanCode can be accessed through smartphone hardware, privacy and regulatory issues still pose significant challenges.
For example, Worldcoin collects personal biometric data to prove user identity, but the team has faced regulatory prohibitions from certain countries, including Spain and Portugal. Recently, Portugal’s data regulatory agency ordered Worldcoin to stop collecting personal data.
However, Worldcoin has addressed privacy concerns by introducing the Personal Custody service last month, allowing users to choose to store their data on their own devices rather than encrypted within the Worldcoin system.
The palm recognition identity verification system by TON Society and HumanCode also carries privacy risks similar to Worldcoin. Unauthorized access to data, the system’s database becoming a target for hackers, and balancing security and personal privacy will be ongoing challenges for TON Society and HumanCode.
Source:
Dailycoin, The Block