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16 | | -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. |
| 16 | +> When encryption is strong enough, attackers may stop attacking the cipher and start attacking the human. |
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| 18 | +Phasmid is a field-evaluation prototype for local-only coercion-aware deniable storage. |
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| 20 | +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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| 22 | +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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| 24 | +## Why Phasmid exists |
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| 26 | +Most encryption tools assume the user can safely refuse disclosure. In field conditions, that assumption may fail. |
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| 28 | +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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| 30 | +## What Phasmid is not |
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18 | 32 | 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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| 34 | +Phasmid does not claim anti-forensic evasion, law-enforcement bypass, perfect deniability, guaranteed secure deletion, remote wipe, or remote unlock. |
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20 | 36 | **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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22 | 38 | ## Concept Track Baseline |
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