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Notes on things I've built, broken, and figured out.

April 29, 2026 · 11 min read

PII Exposure Isn't a Storage Problem — It's a Collection Problem

Encryption-at-rest, access controls, and breach-response playbooks treat PII exposure as a storage problem. The real fix is structural: stop collecting what you can prove without.

Privacy ZK Proofs Cryptography DPDP
February 18, 2025 · 8 min read

ZK Attestations vs Traditional KYC: A Practical Guide

Why most KYC flows only need a boolean answer, and how ZK-SNARKs, STARKs, and Groth16 can replace raw data sharing — with implementation tradeoffs.

ZK Proofs Privacy Cryptography