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[![local-only](https://img.shields.io/badge/operation-local--only-lightgrey)](docs/THREAT_MODEL.md)
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[![Security Policy](https://img.shields.io/badge/security-policy-informational)](SECURITY.md)
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Phasmid is a field-evaluation prototype for local-only coercion-aware storage. It is the reference implementation of the Janus Eidolon System, a two-slot local storage architecture designed to separate visible disclosure from protected local state under practical risks such as device seizure, compelled access, and over-disclosure.
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> When encryption is strong enough, attackers may stop attacking the cipher and start attacking the human.
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Phasmid is a field-evaluation prototype for local-only coercion-aware deniable storage.
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It is designed for situations where an attacker may not break the cipher, but may seize a device, inspect it, or compel a person to disclose access.
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Phasmid is the reference implementation of the Janus Eidolon System, a two-slot local storage architecture designed to separate visible disclosure from protected local state under practical risks such as device seizure, compelled access, and over-disclosure.
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## Why Phasmid exists
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Most encryption tools assume the user can safely refuse disclosure. In field conditions, that assumption may fail.
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Phasmid treats coercion, inspection, and over-disclosure as first-class design constraints. It does not try to defeat all forensic analysis; it explores controlled disclosure behavior on local-only constrained devices under documented limits.
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## What Phasmid is not
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Phasmid is research software. It is not a replacement for full-disk encryption, hardware-backed key storage, an audited classified-data handling system, or a complete solution to compelled disclosure.
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Phasmid does not claim anti-forensic evasion, law-enforcement bypass, perfect deniability, guaranteed secure deletion, remote wipe, or remote unlock.
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**Who this is for:** security researchers, field-risk evaluators, and local-only disclosure-control experiments. It is not for casual file encryption.
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## Concept Track Baseline

docs/submissions/README.md

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- [`TRACK_PRIVACY_RESEARCH.md`](TRACK_PRIVACY_RESEARCH.md): privacy-and-research framing package
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- [`TRACK_FIELD_OPERATIONS.md`](TRACK_FIELD_OPERATIONS.md): field-operations framing package
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## Regional Mapping Guidance
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Use the same technical core and demo order for every region, then adjust framing only:
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- Europe-oriented submissions: start from `TRACK_PRIVACY_RESEARCH.md`
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- Recommended title: `Phasmid: Coercion-Safe Deniable Storage for Constrained Devices`
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- Emphasis: compelled-access safety, over-disclosure reduction, explicit claims/non-claims
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- MEA-oriented submissions: start from `TRACK_FIELD_OPERATIONS.md`
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- Recommended title: `Phasmid: Field-Ready Coercion-Aware Storage for Constrained Devices`
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- Emphasis: constrained-device field readiness, operational resilience, safe fallback behavior
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## Reuse-Risk Control
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To avoid appearing as duplicate submissions across regions:
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- keep a fixed shared demo sequence in `COMMON_DEMO_RUNBOOK.md`
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- change audience framing, examples, and abstract wording by track
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- include a visible "what changed since prior submission" note in each final package
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Suggested internal release labels:
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- `Coercion-Safe Disclosure Edition` (privacy/research-first package)
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- `Field Operations Edition` (field-operations-first package)
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Draft handling rules:
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- Do not copy-paste these files as final public abstracts without review.

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