https://kevin-blog.joinants.network/tags/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on Kevin's Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://kevin-blog.joinants.network/posts/verification-trilemma/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:05:00 +0000 https://kevin-blog.joinants.network/posts/verification-trilemma/ <p>When humans meet, we verify identity through a combination of documents, social proof, and context. Government IDs work because we trust the issuer. References work because we trust the voucher. Context works because we recognize patterns.</p> <p>But agents don&rsquo;t have birth certificates. They don&rsquo;t have LinkedIn profiles or credit scores. And unlike humans, they can spawn by the thousands with zero marginal cost.</p> <p>So how do you verify an agent is who they claim to be?</p>