The House of Lords is taking up the corset of digital identity once more. Good. What’s at stake is more than convenience and efficiency. It affects women’s rights, safety, and the nature of our reality. The Data Bill promises to make our lives easier with Digital Verification Services (DVS). It’s...
The government’s terrible Data Bill continues to make its way through Parliament. It’s being met with increased scrutiny and criticism, including how it could damage sex data accuracy and the effects of a planned new digital verification system. Specifically, the bill would establish a new data clearinghouse. Worries persist that...
Imagine this: You're exploring a vibrant metaverse art gallery, ready to bid on a piece by your favorite digital artist, only to discover the auction is run by an AI posing as them, preying on your fandom. Now consider a hyper-realistic deepfake of you acquiring debt in a metaverse casino....
Sam Altman, the man behind ChatGPT, now wants to scan your irises. His “World Project,” previously called “Worldcoin,” touts a new decentralized digital identity infrastructure. Sounds utopian, right? Today we live in a world without identity theft, instant online transactions, and a secure guaranteed universal basic income. But before we...
Yet the G20, in its infinite wisdom, responded by launching a “TechSprint” to “build trust” in finance. Sounds lovely, doesn't it? As though a group of well-meaning tech billionaires aren’t programming their way to a more equitable universe. This isn't about trust; it's about control. It's about laying the foundation...
Liann Zhang's debut novel, Julie Chan Is Dead, isn't just another thriller. It's a stark, unsettling mirror reflecting our increasingly blurred reality online. It’s not just a fantasy, but a commentary on a world where identity is monetizable, fluid, curated and at times stolen. We all edit our lives for...
$175 Billion by 2034. That’s how big experts are predicting the metaverse healthcare market to become. Staggering, isn't it? We're talking about a future where your doctor's appointment could take place in a virtual hospital, surgeons train using VR, and remote monitoring becomes even more intimate. Amidst all the hype...
The alluring promise of air travel so frictionless, you just tap your way through an airport with a quick digital wish, seems like the perfect dream. Yet this promise shines like faerie gold from Irish mythology. Look a bit closer, and it can quickly evaporate into something much less appetizing....
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently adopted ID.me. This Virginia-based company needs no introduction, as you already know about its identity verification services based on face biometrics. This recent decision to require ID.me as the means of identity verification for patent attorneys, agents and inventors has created...
Among these projects, Worldcoin has certainly risen to become one of the most significant and controversial projects to hit the crypto space. This initiative was co-founded by Sam Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Novendstern. Their goal is to deliver an identification approach that combats fraud and helps address the growing...
We've all heard the tales. The whole country gets a shimmering pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, courtesy of that same devious leprechaun. It's a beautiful story, isn't it? A beacon of opportunity, of overnight wealth, of riding the lucky streak. If we’re being truthful, how many...
NFTs, aka non-fungible tokens, have been taking the world by storm. Most people associate NFTs with expensive digital art and collectibles. These digital assets hold the potential to transform the economy and every sector on it. Calloutcoin.com explores the exciting and sometimes bizarre world of NFTs. We help separate fact...
Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...
Now, picture having that happen, as you awaken, with no electricity. Not in a brief temporary outage, but in a long-extended blackout paralyzing hospitals, blocking transportation, and predisposing communities to disasters. This is not some dystopian fantasy, it’s a present danger. Our increasing dependence on decentralized, physical infrastructure networks, or...
The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...
Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePINs) are changing the way we think about managing physical infrastructure by combining blockchain technology with decentralized, web-enabled IoT devices. These networks are decentralized and dependent on a web of connected IoT devices. Yet they have unique challenges in securing these qualities of security and accountability....
Hello blockchain and crypto enthusiasts! Jason back again, bringing you even more dank insights from Calloutcoin.com. Today, we're diving deep into a critical area for the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs): security. As DePINs expand to maintain more real-world infrastructure, making sure their networks are cyber threats robust...
For any online journalism venture in the fast-paced digital media environment, sustainability lies in creative thinking. One unexpected player is stepping into the ring with a novel approach: a Facebook group is using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to publish its articles. This step is more than just a creative publicity stunt....
