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Provisional Authenticity and Functional Privacy

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Maintainer: Phil Windley · 2022-03-14 · checked 2026-10-14

A blog post by Phil Windley on the trade-off between privacy and authenticity, proposing provisional authenticity (identity revealed only when needed) and functional privacy, with confidentiality agreements that carry obligations forward to later recipients. For readers interested in the privacy reasoning behind contractually protected disclosure.

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