Open
Core is yours, even when Prifina hosts it.
A personal layer that only one company can operate is just a nicer silo. PIOS is the open architecture behind Core, and Connect is meant to work with any compatible provider, not only with us.
What being open means in practice
Use Core by Prifina
Let Prifina host and run your Core for you.
Run your own Core
Host a compatible Core yourself if you would rather.
Move providers
Take your Core to another compatible provider.
Connect third party apps
Anything that supports Core, not only Prifina apps.
Connect third party agents
Your agent definitions travel with you.
Control permissions
Decide what each app and agent can reach.
Export your information
Get everything out in a usable form.
Revoke access
End a connection whenever you want.
PIOS
The architecture, separate from the provider.
PIOS defines how personal information is structured, how provenance is kept, how applications interact with a Core, how permissions work and how everything stays portable. Core by Prifina is one implementation of it. It should not be the only one.
That is what gives Connect its weight. It is an ecosystem action rather than a Prifina integration mechanism.
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