01
Consent
How people understand connection, expiry and evidence choices.
- Question
- Do people accurately understand what they are agreeing to when a message can fade?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Comprehension studies, interviews, usability testing across age groups.
- Current status
- Unstarted
02
Cryptography
Recognised protocols, device keys, group changes and recovery.
- Question
- Which established protocols could support consented expiry without weakening them?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Protocol review, threat modelling, independent cryptographic assessment.
- Current status
- Unstarted
03
Native capture controls
Operating-system protections, recording detection, previews and external-camera limitations.
- Question
- What can platforms actually restrict, and how should the residual risk be described?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Device matrix testing, platform documentation review, failure cataloguing.
- Current status
- Unstarted
04
Safeguarding
Bullying, harassment, grooming, coercion, domestic abuse and victim-controlled evidence.
- Question
- When does temporary communication reduce harm, and when does it conceal it?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Practitioner consultation, survivor-informed research, harm scenario analysis.
- Current status
- Unstarted
05
Law and rights
Privacy, deletion, evidence, platform responsibilities and jurisdiction.
- Question
- How do deletion rights and evidential needs interact across jurisdictions?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Legal review, comparative analysis, evidential practice literature.
- Current status
- Unstarted
06
Human interaction
Making complex protection understandable without turning communication into settings and warnings.
- Question
- Can protection be legible without becoming constant interruption?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Interaction prototypes, comparative task testing, longitudinal use studies.
- Current status
- Unstarted
07
Accessibility
Ensuring privacy controls remain usable with assistive technology and different cognitive needs.
- Question
- Do temporary states remain understandable without sight, or with reduced motion?
- Potential collaborators
- None appointed
- Evidence required
- Assistive technology testing, plain-language review, cognitive load assessment.
- Current status
- Unstarted