Privacy Risks

In centralized systems, data flows through intermediaries that are often owned and operated by third parties. These intermediaries can log, monitor, or even alter the data being transmitted. For applications handling sensitive information such as financial transactions, location data, or user behavior, this poses a major privacy issue. Data stored or relayed by centralized systems can be subpoenaed, sold, or hacked.

These systems are also vulnerable to unauthorized access or surveillance, whether by malicious actors or overreaching authorities. Centralized architectures often require trust in opaque processes, leaving users with little transparency or control over how their data is handled.

AIRouter addresses this risk by encrypting data at the source and routing it through a decentralized mesh where no single entity has control or access to the complete data payload. The end-to-end encryption model ensures that even if a node sees part of a message, it cannot decrypt or reconstruct the contents. This greatly enhances user privacy and trust while aligning with the core ethos of self-sovereignty.