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Roads and bridges
Networks and protocols carry information between destinations.
The signature idea / A digital city
The internet is the road.
The web is what we build beside it.
Networks move information between digital spaces. The destination still needs ownership, doors, rules, rights and responsibility.
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Roads and bridges
Networks and protocols carry information between destinations.
Choose a layer or a building. All six layers are also explained below.
Six layers of a digital world
See the infrastructure.
Question the destination.
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Buildings
Websites, apps and platforms are the digital spaces we enter.
03
Doors and keys
Authentication and authorization establish who can enter and what they can do.
04
Occupants
People, organizations, services and agents share these spaces.
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Rules and responsibilities
Standards, consent and fair processes protect participation.
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Authenticity
Confidence in people, claims and actions depends on what can be verified.
A direction worth exploring
From uncertainty to understandable trust.
A space without clear signals
- Unclear operators and responsibilities
- Undisclosed automated participation
- Broad requests for personal information
- No understandable path to resolve harm
A privacy-preserving authentic space
- Relevant claims that can be checked
- Participants with clear roles
- Only the information an interaction requires
- Visible rules, review and responsibility
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