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Worldcoin gadgets used to capture data during registration confiscated, Kindiki says

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki before the Adhoc Committee probing the Worldcoin controversy at the Mini Chambers, Nairobi. September 14th,2023 (Elvis Ogina, Standard)

The Government has confiscated various electronic gadgets belonging to Worldcoin that were used to capture private data of Kenyans in July this year.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has told the Ad Hoc Committee probing the company's operations in Kenya that they managed to confiscate a total of 48 pieces of equipment, to allow for a forensic audit.

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