The Orb captures and processes photos to verify uniqueness without the need to retain your images.
- It takes pictures of your face and eyes, then encrypts and stores them on your phone so that only you control them by default.
- Permanently encrypted codes generated from your photos are then stored across secure databases to prevent double verifications.
Will the Orb hurt my eyes?
The Orb is completely safe and will not harm your eyes.
The Orb complies with the specifications set forth in the international standard which includes eye safety (IEC-62741). As World updates the technology it uses to verify uniqueness and personhood, the project will continue to ensure that safety and privacy are at the center of all advancements.
What happens to the images taken by the Orb?
The Orb is used to verify a person’s humanness and uniqueness as part of the World ID protocol. It does this by first ensuring the person standing in front of it is a human. Then, photos of the eyes are abstracted and permanently encrypted into anonymous fragments that independent parties process to determine that the person is unique. Subsequently, all photos and photo derivatives are packaged, encrypted and “signed” by the Orb to ensure authenticity and security, then sent to the user’s phone through the Orb backend server (importantly the backend cannot decrypt the data).
The Orb promptly deletes the captured images after processing.
To learn more about the Orb, please visit our Orb Frequently Asked Questions blog post.
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