A shiny, silver orb glints at you outside a metro station in downtown Santiago. What do you do? Form a line, apparently.

According to Worldcoin, more than 200,000 Chileans have had their eyeballs scanned by its controversial Orbs. For privacy buffs, this is the next step in the inevitable dystopian future that awaits. But for others, it’s just a bit of free money.

Carlos Santibañez, a 29-year-old Chilean from a small southern town called Llanquihue, told Decrypt he had his eyeballs scanned in September 2022 mostly out of curiosity. At the time, the WLD token had no monetary value. Since then, however, he has raked in more than $150 dollars and continues to receive WLD tokens.

He pointed out something often overlooked by Worldcoin critics. “After a bit of reading, I found that their data collection is less invasive than what other companies keep,” he said. “This made me think: ‘Well, at least I’m making something off this information.’”

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