Honest Computing - Bryant McGill

# Honest Computing **Entity class:** Concept or analytic term **Domain:** Trustworthy Systems / Data Provenance **Doc Type:** Architectural Principle Node **Maturity:** Emerging and Context-Dependent **Related:** [[Neural Data Provenance]], [[Neural Data Sovereignty]], [[Security by Design]], [[Cryptographic Hash]] --- ## Definition **Honest computing** describes systems designed to make data origin, transformation, permissions, and integrity inspectable rather than requiring blind trust in an opaque intermediary. In the continuity article, the term is associated with user control, cryptographic integrity, and audit trails for neural records. ## Evidentiary boundary Hashes can reveal modification relative to a known reference; they do not establish truth, consent, benign interpretation, or legitimate custody by themselves. Honest computing requires technical and institutional accountability together. ## Neurotech cluster route **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] ## Relationships [[wiki/Honest Computing|Honest Computing]] is related to [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] through [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]].  This entry is routed through [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]], [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]], and [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.  ## Read First in the Wiki  - [[wiki/Cryptographic Hash|Cryptographic Hash]] — supplies the related concept or analytic term context needed to place **Honest Computing** within the wider system. - [[wiki/Neural Data Provenance|Neural Data Provenance]] — supplies the related technology, method, or technical system context needed to place **Honest Computing** within the wider system. - [[wiki/Neural Data Sovereignty|Neural Data Sovereignty]] — supplies the related technology, method, or technical system context needed to place **Honest Computing** within the wider system. - [[wiki/Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture|Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture]] — supplies the related technology, method, or technical system context needed to place **Honest Computing** within the wider system.  ## Related Work in the Corpus  - In [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], ****6\. Neuro-Rights, Ethics, and Governance of Neural Data**** provides the narrative context for **Honest Computing**: Concept route: neurorights · UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology · mental privacy · cognitive liberty · psychological continuity · neural data sovereignty · personal data pods · Solid · honest computing ·…  ## Research Edges  #### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0688 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Cryptographic Hash|Cryptographic Hash]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Honest Computing.md`. - **HR-0689 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Honest Computing|Honest Computing]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Honest Computing.md`. - **HR-0690 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Neural Data Provenance|Neural Data Provenance]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Honest Computing.md`. - **HR-0691 — `wiki_links_to` → [[wiki/Neural Data Sovereignty|Neural Data Sovereignty]]** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Honest Computing.md`. #### Incoming typed edges - **HR-0546 — [[wiki/Cryptographic Hash|Cryptographic Hash]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Cryptographic Hash.md`. - **HR-0689 — [[wiki/Honest Computing|Honest Computing]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Honest Computing.md`. - **HR-0804 — [[wiki/Neural Data Provenance|Neural Data Provenance]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Neural Data Provenance.md`. - **HR-0816 — [[wiki/Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture|Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture]] `wiki_links_to` → this entry** — **EXISTING WIKI EDGE**; evidence `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Direct internal link currently present in `Neural Interfaces and Continuity Architecture.md`.