App That Verifies Your Existence Adds Encrypted Messaging

Staring into a lens on a cybernetic sphere so it can analyze your iris and generate a cryptographic verification of your uniqueness as a human being may not be for everybody, but Tools for Humanity says that enough somebodies have verified a “World ID” via its Orb devices that its World app qualifies for an upgrade. 

The San Francisco-based startup’s Android and iOS apps are adding World Chat, an end-to-end-encrypted messaging platform. The announcement emphasizes how this…