2 Trillion Dollar Identity Tax
Published: December 8, 2025
Duration: 23:58
Research
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The foundational Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) was designed only for document retrieval, not for commerce or social interaction. This stateless design lacked a native identity layer, meaning it could identify "where" and "what," but not "who".
This omission forced early developers to invent the ubiquitous "User Account" model. In this makeshift system, every server maintains its own database mapping a username to a password. Replicated across millions of websites, this model has caused a systemic crisis: the forced...