{"id":683556,"date":"2025-08-06T11:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eye-scanning-crypto-projects-pose-national-security-risks-china-warns\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:15:19","slug":"eye-scanning-crypto-projects-pose-national-security-risks-china-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/eye-scanning-crypto-projects-pose-national-security-risks-china-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Eye-scanning crypto projects pose national security risks, China warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDcvMDE5ODUwMjUtOGZkOS03MjNjLWFmMjUtODVjODdmZWVhMTA2.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s security agency warned that biometric data collection by crypto firms, including iris scans, may endanger personal privacy and be exploited for espionage.<\/p>\n<p><p>China warned of the increasing use of biometric data by crypto-linked projects, cautioning that iris-scanning programs operating under the guise of digital asset distribution may threaten personal privacy and even national security.<\/p>\n<p>In a public security bulletin <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/hHqgLinqs6mR53mmKZk2iw\" title=\"null\">published<\/a> Wednesday, China\u2019s Ministry of State Security (MSS)\u00a0outlined several emerging risks associated with biometric recognition technologies, including facial, fingerprint and iris data collection.<\/p>\n<p>The MSS cited an unidentified overseas company that, \u201cunder the guise of issuing cryptocurrency tokens, scanned and collected iris information from users worldwide and then transferred the data source.\u201d Officials said this posed \u201ca threat to personal information security and even national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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China warned of the increasing use of biometric data by crypto-linked projects, cautioning that iris-scanning programs operating under the guise of digital asset distribution may threaten personal privacy and even national security&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":683557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-07\/01985025-8fd9-723c-af25-85c87feea106","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15047,74894,90126,76320,75995,147126,4973,72366,70934],"class_list":["post-683556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-privacy","tag-blockchain","tag-data-exchange","tag-identification","tag-vitalik-buterin","tag-worldcoin","tag-china","tag-data","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}