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Click here to see the summaryMexico is one of nearly three dozen countries where participants are allowing the sphere, outfitted with cameras and dubbed an orb, to scan their iris. The project’s goal is to distinguish people from bots online, while doling out a cryptocurrency bonus as a incentive to participate. “(Privacy) is something that doesn’t worry me too much,” said Jose Incera, after allowing his iris to be scanned in exchange for the equivalent of nearly $54 in Worldcoin’s cryptocurrency. In a video interview, Sam Sadle, the public policy chief at Tools for Humanity, sought to calm worries over the project’s use of personal data. Despite the professed safeguards, the project has generated concerns over security risks, including from Agneris Sampieri, a policy analyst with digital rights group Access Now. “They don’t clearly mention the time frame in which the biometric data they collect will be processed and retained,” she said, adding that the ownership of the iris code is also unclear.