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Twelve Principles

A public gateway into the full Fiduciary Commons framework.

1. Facts are not property merely because they concern a person.

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2. Possession does not create authority.

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3. Technical capability does not create authority.

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4. Commercial availability does not create governmental authority.

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5. Interoperability does not aggregate governmental authority.

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6. Government should receive the Authorized Answer, not automatically the underlying informational environment.

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7. Government should possess the least standing informational power reasonably necessary for its legitimate function.

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8. Broader purpose labels cannot manufacture broader authority.

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9. AI inherits governmental authority. It does not create it.

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10. Government cannot outsource its informational limits.

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11. Renewed authority, not standing access, should govern exceptional need.

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12. Architecture should make illegitimate power unavailable, not merely prohibited.

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