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[THREAT MODEL][HELP WANTED] Challenge ENTITY v3.4.2's external reality-anchor boundary #24

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Goal

Find a concrete scenario where an external reality anchor could accidentally be treated as ENTITY authority instead of attributed evidence in the current ENTITY v3.4.2 release.

Current release: https://github.com/blackmore-technology-group/ENTITY/releases/tag/v3.4.2

Examples of anchors include a government registry, sensor network, laboratory system, bank record, corporate registry, court record, certificate authority or other external attester.

Boundary under review

ENTITY should be able to record, in substance:

External system X asserted Y at time T, with this evidence.

It must not silently conclude:

X is sovereign ENTITY authority, Y is universally true, or X owns the governed object merely because it supplied evidence.

A Global Passport, domain profile, mapping or BTDU relationship must not change that boundary by itself.

Useful contribution

Provide one or more realistic threat scenarios, such as:

  • stale registry data;
  • compromised external APIs;
  • conflicting registries;
  • revoked attestation authorities;
  • replayed evidence snapshots;
  • transport authenticity confused with semantic truth;
  • resolver/provider participation confused with authority;
  • BTDU provenance edges confused with ownership/rights;
  • an AI/sensor source treated as authoritative merely because it can sign output.

For each scenario, identify the invariant, rule, test or vector that should fail closed.

A small invalid vector, focused test or specification clarification is welcome but not required for the initial review.

Use the v3.4.2 tag and identify the exact files/specification material reviewed. A reproducible failure is useful evidence.

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