Freebird – Authorization without identity using VOPRF cryptography
Show HN: Freebird – Authorization without identity using VOPRF cryptography
Freebird – Authorization without identity using VOPRF cryptography is a company in show hn launch.
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I built Freebird as a resistance to the surveillance state that has been established in the United States. Every useful system requires identity by default. Want rate limiting? Track users. Want access control? Create accounts. Want to prevent spam? Surveil everyone.Freebird uses VOPRF (Verifiable Oblivious Pseudorandom Function) to separate "can you do this?" from "who are you?" Users get unforgeable tokens that prove authorization while revealing nothing about identity. The issuer can't link issuance to usage. The verifier can't identify the token holder. Correlation is mathematically impossible.Real-world use cases: - Marginalized community identity verification without keeping a list of
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