We believe sharing shouldn't mean surrendering.
Common Identity exists to give creators control over their work: before, during, and after they share.
Our mission
Every day, billions of sensitive images are shared online. Passports uploaded to verify accounts. Personal photos posted for friends. Confidential documents sent to partners. Medical images shared between providers.
The moment these images leave your device, you lose control. They sit on servers you don't own, protected by security you can't verify, accessible to people you'll never know about.
We started Common Identity to change that equation.
Our mission is simple: give creators permanent, verifiable registration records for their work.
Because privacy isn't just about hiding. It's about knowing.
Why we built this
Common Identity started with a question: What happens to your images after you share them?
The answer was uncomfortable. Once you share an image, you lose control. Anyone can repost it, claim it as their own, or spread it without credit. And you have no way to prove it was yours first.
We'd seen too many stories. Creators having their work stolen. Photos going viral with no attribution. People unable to prove ownership of their own content.
We realized the missing piece was proof. Not just sharing images, but having a permanent, verifiable record that you created them, embedded invisibly in the image itself.
Common Identity is the sharing tool we wished existed. Now it does.
What we believe
Privacy is a right, not a feature.
You shouldn't have to pay for basic privacy. You shouldn't have to trust platforms with your most sensitive content. Privacy should be the default, not an upsell.
Control means real control.
Access control that can be bypassed isn't control. It's theater. Real control means your images stay protected even when someone takes a screenshot.
Accountability creates trust.
The threat of consequences changes behavior. When viewers know their identity is embedded in every copy, they think twice. Watermarking isn't just about catching leaks. It's about preventing them.
Transparency builds confidence.
We don't ask you to blindly trust us. We're committed to honest communication about how we protect your data and the tradeoffs in our security model.
Simplicity enables adoption.
The most secure tool in the world is useless if no one can figure it out. We obsess over making powerful protection feel effortless.
Everyone deserves protection.
Privacy tools shouldn't be reserved for the technically sophisticated or the wealthy. We're building protection that anyone can use.
The problem with sharing today
No proof of origin
Once your work is online, anyone can claim it. There's no built-in way to show you registered it first.
No attribution
Your work gets shared, reposted, and re-uploaded with no link back to you. Credit disappears instantly.
No verification
There's no standard way to check where content came from or who registered it. Fakes and originals look the same.
We built Common Identity because we believe creators deserve proof, not just promises.
How we're different
Other solutions ask you to trust the platform. We engineered ours so you don't have to.
Embedded accountability
Watermarks aren't stored separately. They're woven into the image itself. They can't be stripped, deleted, or separated from the content they protect.
Platform agnostic
We don't require platforms to integrate with us. Your protection works anywhere you can share a file.
Security you can verify
We don't just claim to be secure. We've built our system so you can verify it yourself.
Independent audits
Our security model is reviewed by independent third parties. We believe in external verification.
Bug bounty program
We reward security researchers who help us find and fix vulnerabilities.
The people behind Common Identity
We're a team of engineers, designers, and privacy advocates who believe technology should protect people, not exploit them.
We're growing
We're looking for people who care about privacy: engineers, designers, marketers, and more. If you want to work on technology that protects people, we'd love to hear from you.
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