Field notes
Writing from the edge of the synthetic-media problem.
Each post is grounded in what the dfpn protocol actually does — no benchmark theatre, no marketing-speak, no implied partnerships. If a claim is not in the repo, it is not on this page.
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Reading dfpn's threat model
A close read of the dfpn threat model: six adversary classes, the mitigations paired with each, trust assumptions named, and what dfpn won't do.
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Why a decentralized validator network matters
Single-vendor detection is brittle for civic infrastructure. A decentralized network gives detector diversity, censorship resistance, and an audit trail.
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Provenance vs detection: complementary defenses
Provenance answers 'where did this come from?' at capture; detection answers 'does this look manipulated?' after. Both are needed; neither is enough alone.
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