HiddenLayer abandons traditional identity paradigms such as phone numbers, emails, or centralized registries. Instead, it uses cryptographic keypairs generated locally on the user’s device. These identities exist only to prove capability (e.g., authorization for a specific interaction) and they are rotatable, ephemeral, and non-global by default. This eliminates identity as a point of surveillance.
Key principles in identity design:
Local creation — identities are never issued by, or stored in, external registries.
Disposable personas — users can rotate identities at will.
Separation of usage — identities are only used where needed and never embedded in network routing or transport metadata.
This model enables private participation without requiring trust in third parties or leaving lasting digital traces.
