Privacy: The Architecture of Forgetting - Couverture souple

McEntire, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798994034392

Editeur : Cage & Mirror Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Every authentication event logs an identity. Every database stores readable data. Every message creates a metadata record. Every transaction exposes its details to every intermediary. Every application is distributed through a gatekeeper who can be pressured into saying no. These are not policy failures. They are architecture failures — and policy cannot fix what architecture created.

Privacy: The Architecture of Forgetting presents six independent components that replace the surveillance defaults of current internet infrastructure: anonymous identity systems that prevent cross-site tracking, blind databases that operators cannot read, proof-of-human mechanisms that don't require surveillance, ephemeral messaging that retains no metadata, zero-trust collaboration that hides transaction details from intermediaries, and censorship-resistant software distribution that removes gatekeepers entirely.

Each component is presented as a problem-architecture pair: what fails and why, then what to build instead — with pseudocode, threat models, and an honest accounting of what each component does not protect against. The components are independently adoptable. Most readers will implement one or two, not all six. Each provides value alone. Together, they close each other's gaps.

Written for software architects, security engineers, and technical leaders building systems that handle personal data. Assumes familiarity with basic cryptographic concepts and comfort reading pseudocode. The architecture is the contribution, not the code.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cage & Mirror Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798994034392
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
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