World ID Credentials, which had been earlier introduced at the “A New World” session that was held in San Francisco, are now supported in more countries including Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the US.
According to an update from World, this so-called “anonymous” World ID feature significantly increases global access “to World Network and paves the way for increased World ID utility.”
World ID Credentials allow an individual to connect “valid forms of ID (starting with NFC-enabled passports; and in Japan includes the My Number Card) to their World ID in order to prove things about themselves — beyond that they are a real and unique human — without sharing any personal information with Tools for Humanity, World Foundation or any other third party.”
For instance, a World ID holder could prove “they meet an age requirement for a dating app without sharing their birthdate or any other personal information from their ID.”
All of the information is reportedly stored “on the consumer’s device, and only on their device.”
Credentials may now be added to a person’s World ID whether or not they have verified their “unique humanness at an Orb, and they have multiple important benefits:”
As noted in the update from World Network, credentials now reportedly enable individuals globally, including the world’s “estimated 1.2 billion passport holders, who may not be close to an Orb but who have valid forms of identification to join and benefit from World Network more meaningfully.”
Credentials allow people to go “beyond proof of human to anonymously prove select things about themselves (such as proof of age, nationality, etc.).”
Credentials give World ID holders the option “to claim additional WLD tokens where available, whether or not they’ve had a chance to verify their uniqueness at an Orb.”
World Foundation is making WLD tokens available “to individuals with a valid World ID Credential.”
World ID Credentials is offered / accessible on iOS and Android for individuals with NFC-enabled passports from all of the nations mentioned above (with the requirement that users actually reside in these selected jurisdictions at the time when they wish to access such services).
Access to World ID Credentials is now reportedly set to expand to various other nations and identity documents in the foreseeable future.