Personal Secret System
8PSS
Your identity is not your password.
8PSS explores a private identity system where encrypted secrets belong to the person and can be presented when identity needs to be proven.
01 / Model
Begin with the person.
the old abstraction
02 / The system
Three terms. One lifecycle.
- P Personal
- The system belongs to the person. The encrypted private vault is authoritative.
- S Secret
- A secret does not have to be a password. It may be generated, captured, imported, derived or cryptographically created.
- S System
- Generation, encryption, authorization, storage, retrieval, Autofill and deletion are parts of one lifecycle.
03 / Infinity lifecycle
The vault is a relationship, not a destination.
04 / Principle
8PSS is a Personal Secret System in which encrypted credentials belong to identities, rather than identities being reduced to passwords.
05 / Origin
From Magic 8 to 8PSS.
Magic 8 began by turning local randomness into memorable passphrases.
8PSS extends the idea: generate the secret, keep it private, associate it with identity, and present it only when required.
Current Magic 8 web project
Local passphrase and password generation, with an optional themed fortune. Secrets are generated in the browser.
Concept and direction
Encrypted local credential storage, biometric authorization, Android Autofill, identity-associated secrets, TOTP material, passkeys and cryptographic credentials where appropriate, and deliberate deletion.
Items described as direction are not claims of completed or independently verified functionality.