Tinder is testing iris‑scan verification through Sam Altman’s World Orb, offering free Boosts to encourage early adoption. The move targets romance scams and bot accounts, which drained over $300 million from victims in 2020. While the Orb promises not to store biometric data, privacy concerns linger due to World’s regulatory history in Europe, the UK, and Kenya. Critics remain wary of handing over such personal information. Tinder joins platforms like Zoom, Shopify, and Coinbase in exploring “proof of human” systems, signaling a broader push to verify identity online as AI‑generated profiles grow harder to detect.
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