# Verified Reality

> Verified Reality. Footage that can't be faked. Create a tamper-evident, cryptographically sealed, independently verifiable record at the moment of capture — before the media ever touches the cloud.

Verified Reality public pages are available to search engines, web crawlers, and AI assistants. Operational routes, private portals, and share-link routes are intentionally excluded from public indexing.

## How it works
- [Verified Reality | Don't Detect What's Fake. Prove What's Real.](/index.md) - Verified Reality. Footage that can't be faked. Establish undeniable provenance at the moment of capture, before the media ever touches the cloud. Create a tamper-evident, cryptographically sealed, independently verifiable record — then verify a Truth Packet yourself.
- [How we prove a file is real | Verified Reality Technology](/technology.md) - Capture, seal, and independently verify. Tamper-evident Truth Packets created at the moment of capture — before the media touches the cloud. Deep telemetry lives in the public wiki.
- [Verified Reality Auditor — desktop verification console for Truth Packets](/technology/auditor.md) - The Verified Reality Auditor is a desktop application that opens a Truth Packet, cryptographically proves every sealed file still matches the session certificate, validates the manifest chain, checks C2PA on supported paths, and cross-checks encrypted Arweave kits against the permaweb transaction — no web app or Supabase database required. It also verifies audit PDFs, reads embedded EXIF from single sealed media files, and turns evidence into a pillar-by-pillar integrity report independent of Verified Reality the company.
- [Verified Reality FAQ — Truth Packets, verification, licensing, and AI policy](/faq.md) - Canonical answers about Verified Reality: Capture → Seal → Verify, Truth Packets, ownership and licensing, ATDIL, Solo Mode, beachhead coverage, newsroom investigations, AI policy, privacy, and how to engage as a client, independent contractor, journalist, or AI agent.

## Request a record
- [Which problem brought you here? | Verified Reality](/use-cases.md) - Start with the job in front of you: prove something happened, protect commercial liability, commission coverage, or run sealed records at scale. Same Capture → Seal → Verify model on every path.
- [Enterprise | Commission sealed records at scale](/enterprise.md) - Commission sealed records at scale. Institutions run Capture → Seal → Verify across field audits, claims, assets, and coordinated campaigns. Designed to support dispute resolution — not insurance or legal advice.
- [Request a record | Dispatch a Verified Reality Verifier](/quote.md) - Request a sealed record. Dispatch an independent contractor for asset inspection, documentation, insurance support, or field capture — same Capture → Seal → Verify model.
- [Register as a Client - Verified Reality](/register/client.md) - Create a client portal account to commission verification missions, manage Truth Packets, and manage eligible licensing activity.

## Independent professionals
- [VRA Pro Membership | Pro Subscription Benefits](/pro.md) - VRA Pro Subscription benefits: secure storage, complimentary General Audits on every verification, branded public galleries and licensing pages, plus Verifier Solo Mode and tip submissions for IP on grounded licensing assets.
- [Solo Mode | Protect Your Commercial Liability](/solo.md) - Everyone from private investigators to plumbers uses Solo Mode to prove their work is real. Forensic-grade documentation on a smartphone — independently verifiable records designed to support dispute resolution.

## Verifier network
- [Get Verified When Your City Is Still Dark | Verified Reality](/beachhead.md) - No local Verifiers yet? Be the beachhead: run Solo Mode yourself, or recruit someone nearby so marketplace verifications can start in your city.
- [Register as a Verifier - Verified Reality](/register/verifier.md) - Register your agency as an Independent Verifier and earn from verified field missions and eligible internal-bounty licensing royalties.
- [Independent Contractors. Hardware-Attested Records. | Verified Reality](/verifiers.md) - Join the Verifier Network as an independent contractor. Seal hardware-attested records on your own schedule. Verified Reality supplies the cryptographic rails — it does not employ you. Earnings depend on missions completed and are not guaranteed.

## Licensing
- [Verified Reality Exchange | Licensable Verified Source Footage](/verified-reality-exchange.md) - The Verified Reality Exchange is launching as a marketplace for hardware-attested Truth Packets approved for commercial and AI-fine-tuning licensing. Public listings are not yet live.

## Company
- [Company - Verified Reality](/company.md) - Verified Reality is forensic data infrastructure operated by Bizbio Inc., a Canadian technology company with roots in professional media production since 2011 — with local ties to Newsload, Blue Food Films, the Tom Zombie Festival, London Chamber membership, and IPON-backed IP work.
- [Support - Verified Reality](/support.md) - Verified Reality support for platform issues, billing, security reports, and AI-free beta bug reports. HQ does not mediate Verifier performance — use dashboard quality controls for marketplace disputes.
- [Press - Verified Reality](/press.md) - Press room for Verified Reality: company boilerplate, fact sheet, brand media kit placeholders, leadership bios, and media contact for journalists covering evidence infrastructure.

## Legal
- [Legal documents - Verified Reality](/legal.md) - Public legal documents for Verified Reality: privacy policy, Client Master Service Agreement, Verifier Independent Contractor Agreement, EULAs, and related notices. There is no single public Terms of Service page.

## Wiki
- [Wiki — Verified Reality](/wiki) - Public primers and technical documentation. Binding agreements are canonical at /legal.
- [How Verified Reality proves a file is real](/wiki/how-verified-reality-proves-a-file-is-real) - Capture → Seal → Verify. Tamper-evident, cryptographically sealed, independently verifiable records created at the moment of capture.
- [Capture-file ownership and licensing](/wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing) - Who owns a sealed clip versus depicted-subject copyright. Three tracks, Exchange launching, ATDIL in one page.
- [Global Newsroom and Investigations](/wiki/global-newsroom-and-investigations) - Tip → record → pitch. Public newsroom path for editors and independent contractors.

## Exchange (launching)
- [Verified Reality Exchange machine-readable catalog](/verified-reality-exchange/catalog.md) - index of HQ-cleared, non-embargoed Truth Packets only when they are actually published; empty while the public storefront is Coming Soon.
- [Verified Reality Exchange RSS feed](/verified-reality-exchange/feed.xml) - public licensing listings as they are published; empty while launching.

## Public verification endpoints
- `/api/public/verify-media/[hash]` - public media hash verification.
- `/api/public/verify-audit/by-hash/[sha256]` - public audit verification by SHA-256.
- `/api/public/truth-packet/[id]` - public Truth Packet details where authorized.


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# Verified Reality | Don't Detect What's Fake. Prove What's Real.

> Verified Reality. Footage that can't be faked. Establish undeniable provenance at the moment of capture, before the media ever touches the cloud. Create a tamper-evident, cryptographically sealed, independently verifiable record — then verify a Truth Packet yourself.

## Key facts
- AI has broken the assumption that images are evidence. Verified Reality creates a permanent, independently verifiable record at the exact moment of physical capture.
- The product story is Capture → Seal → Verify: film on a phone, cryptographically seal a Truth Packet, then re-check the seal in the free desktop auditor.
- Visitors who need to prove something happened commission a sealed record; independent professionals use Solo Mode to create a contemporaneous record of their own work. Neither path is insurance or legal advice.
- The Desktop Auditor is the public proof point: anyone can open a Truth Packet and independently verify the cryptographic seal. We provide mathematical proof of provenance; the judge or adjuster decides the context.

## Summary
The homepage leads with the user's problem — proving digital media is real — not technical architecture.

Below the fold, visitors self-select by problem (prove an event; protect a professional record) before seeing how Capture → Seal → Verify works.

Deep telemetry, cryptographic standards, and storage architecture live on /technology. The homepage proof point is /technology/auditor.

## Keywords
- prove digital media is real
- tamper-evident
- cryptographically sealed
- independently verifiable record
- Truth Packet
- capture-time provenance
- desktop auditor
- deepfake
- Verified Reality

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/


# How we prove a file is real | Verified Reality Technology

> Capture, seal, and independently verify. Tamper-evident Truth Packets created at the moment of capture — before the media touches the cloud. Deep telemetry lives in the public wiki.

## Key facts
- The public Technology page leads with Capture → Seal → Verify. The buyer primer is /wiki/how-verified-reality-proves-a-file-is-real. Sensor and storage mechanics stay in the staff wiki, as a complement to — not a replacement for — expert review.
- PRNU sensor fingerprinting associates media with the specific camera sensor that captured it. It does not by itself bind a human operator's identity to that sensor.
- Kinematic decoupling fails the spatial lock when optical-flow motion does not match live gyro/accelerometer streams.
- SecureStore SHA-256 hashing seals evidence at capture time and attaches C2PA credentials on the device paths that support the standard.
- Founder's Override treats missing telemetry as an anomaly for review; rooted OS, hex-edited GPS, or NTP mismatch triggers quarantine pending manual review.
- Six Pillars of Truth recompute Software Origin, Device Integrity, Session Integrity, Temporal Alignment, Content Provenance, and Chain of Custody as integrity indicators — not legal conclusions.
- Truth Packets are encrypted with AES-256-GCM and can optionally anchor to Arweave for multi-year durable retention; Agentic APIs dispatch human Verifiers for physical handshakes.

## Summary
The Technology page is a short buyer brief: Capture → Seal → Verify, optional Sovereign Vault anchoring, and the AI boundary. Sensor mechanics and storage architecture are linked from the public wiki.

Readers are directed to the Desktop Auditor to independently re-check a Truth Packet.

The AI boundary lives at /technology#ai: capture, sealing, hashing, and chain of custody remain cryptography. AI may appear later in analysis reports and internal operations. It does not create the seal.

## Keywords
- Capture Seal Verify
- tamper-evident
- cryptographically sealed
- independently verifiable record
- Truth Packet
- capture-time provenance
- Desktop Auditor
- C2PA
- Sovereign Vault

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/technology


# Verified Reality Auditor — desktop verification console for Truth Packets

> The Verified Reality Auditor is a desktop application that opens a Truth Packet, cryptographically proves every sealed file still matches the session certificate, validates the manifest chain, checks C2PA on supported paths, and cross-checks encrypted Arweave kits against the permaweb transaction — no web app or Supabase database required. It also verifies audit PDFs, reads embedded EXIF from single sealed media files, and turns evidence into a pillar-by-pillar integrity report independent of Verified Reality the company.

## Key facts
- The Auditor is a desktop application that opens a Verified Reality Truth Packet (a ZIP vault) and proves it offline — independent of Verified Reality the company.
- Four input modes share one console: a full Truth Packet ZIP vault, a Verified Reality audit PDF (hash-matched against the Command Centre registry), a single VRA-captured media file (embedded EXIF read), or an encrypted Arweave kit (hash-matched against the immutable permaweb transaction).
- Encrypted Sovereign Decryption Kits downloaded from Arweave are verified by comparing the local ZIP SHA-256 against the Zip-SHA256 tag on the on-chain transaction — no Verified Reality web app or Supabase database required.
- Every sealed media file's bytes are checked against the session certificate (the Sacred Seal); the manifest checkpoint's rolling hash chain is walked end-to-end (the Golden Thread).
- Eight verification pillars are reported on a single status board: Software origin, Device integrity, Session integrity, Temporal integrity, Chain of custody, C2PA / content authority, Storage integrity, Forensic audit.
- C2PA detached manifests are read from the actual files in the vault; signer identity is surfaced from the real manifest — there are no placeholder vendor allowlists.
- Storage integrity is confirmed against the Verified Reality Command Centre when the operator is signed in — optional enrichment, not a gate to the cryptographic baseline.
- Truth Packets stamped to Arweave remain independently hash-checkable against the public permaweb even if Verified Reality the company is unavailable. Company-held vault, account, and download services would not continue in that case.
- A local Cryptographic Audit Ledger records every audit performed against a vault hash, feeding the Forensic Audit pillar over time.
- Truth Packets are bearer assets for the cryptographic bundle you hold — the Auditor lets the holder re-check integrity hashes locally. Company-held vault, account, and download services would not continue if Verified Reality, the cloud, or the original capture device became unavailable.
- The Genesis Challenge on /technology/auditor links the public Genesis Gallery, the sealed Truth Packet download, and a public General Audit PDF at /api/public/genesis-general-audit so visitors can read the report offline and re-verify its hash in the Desktop Auditor.

## Summary
The Verified Reality Auditor is the desktop verification console for Truth Packets. Don't trust us. Trust the math. Verify it yourself, offline, against the immutable permaweb. It is an Electron application that ingests evidence in four forms — a sealed Truth Packet ZIP vault, a Verified Reality audit PDF, a single sealed media file, or an encrypted Arweave kit — and runs the right verification pass for each without forcing a full unpack. The console is the same; what's checked depends on what was dropped in.

When given a vault, the Auditor unpacks it to a sandbox (the original archive is never modified), indexes the contents, runs deterministic cryptographic and structural checks, and renders the full eight-pillar status board. When given an audit PDF, it hashes the file and confirms the bytes still match the hash on record at the Command Centre. When given a single VRA-captured media file, it reads the embedded immutable core — EXIF, capture telemetry, PRNU reference, paired C2PA sidecar where present — straight from the file bytes. When given an encrypted Arweave kit, it decrypts locally (when credentials are supplied), hashes the resulting ZIP, and cross-checks that fingerprint against the Zip-SHA256 tag on the immutable Arweave transaction — independent of Verified Reality servers or our Supabase database.

Embedded data is read directly from the file bytes (PRNU, EXIF, C2PA sidecars) and kept separate from the JSON sidecars (certificate, manifest checkpoint, session logs). That separation is the point: the immutable core comes from the media, and JSON cannot silently replace it. The Auditor walks the manifest checkpoint's rolling hash chain, runs session seal verification against the certificate, validates any paired C2PA detached manifests, and — if the operator is signed in — calls the Command Centre to confirm durable storage tier (sealed, Forever Vault, Arweave) and surface published forensic reports tied to the same Truth Packet.

The product completes the ecosystem's transparency claim. A Verified Reality Truth Packet is a bearer asset for the cryptographic bundle you hold: it carries its own hashes and seals, and Arweave-stamped packets can be re-checked on the permaweb. Company-held vault, account, and download services would not continue if Verified Reality the company were unavailable. The Auditor is how a recipient — a court, a buyer, a journalist, an opposing party — can re-run those integrity checks themselves, offline if necessary, without trusting our website or our servers.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality Auditor
- Truth Packet auditor
- desktop verification console
- tamper-evident media verifier
- VRA audit PDF verification
- audit PDF hash check
- single file EXIF verification
- encrypted Arweave kit inspector
- C2PA validator
- PRNU audit
- session seal verification
- manifest checkpoint
- Sacred Seal
- Golden Thread chain of custody
- Cryptographic Audit Ledger
- offline permaweb verification
- Sovereign Decryption Kit
- Zip-SHA256 permaweb anchor
- bearer asset verification
- Electron forensic app
- VRA Truth Packet verifier

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/technology/auditor


# VRA Pro Membership | Pro Subscription Benefits

> VRA Pro Subscription benefits: secure storage, complimentary General Audits on every verification, branded public galleries and licensing pages, plus Verifier Solo Mode and tip submissions for IP on grounded licensing assets.

## Key facts
- Core Pro benefits (every subscriber): included secure storage each month while Pro is active (TB from global_config) beyond the default 48-hour hot download window, a complimentary General Audit on every verification (normally priced via price_specialized_audit), and branded public galleries / licensing pages.
- Verifier add-on: Solo Mode access, wholesale Solo pricing at 25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise, Sovereign Dark Mode, and bounty tip submissions — plus all Core Pro benefits. Requires Verifier registration, Pro subscription, and Client MSA acceptance.
- Monthly Pro price and General Audit list price load from global_config and are shown on /pro.
- Become a Pro subscriber opens a client-vs-verifier chooser: clients sign in/register then upgrade from the client portal; verifiers sign in/register then start Pro from the app or verifier dashboard (verifier emails cannot use Client Portal web login).

## Summary
The VRA Pro Membership page leads with Pro Subscription Benefits and the live monthly price, then expands Core Pro benefits and Verifier Solo Mode add-ons (including Sovereign Dark Mode detail).

Subscribe CTAs open a Pro path modal that reuses existing client portal login (next=upgrade) and verifier login/registration routes.

The page is indexed for search engines and LLM crawlers via public-pages, sitemap.xml, and llms.txt.

## Keywords
- VRA Pro Membership
- VRA Pro Subscription
- Pro Subscription Benefits
- Secure Vault storage
- Solo Mode subscription
- branded Truth Gallery
- complimentary General Audit
- forensic business subscription
- licensing tip submissions

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/pro


# Solo Mode | Protect Your Commercial Liability

> Everyone from private investigators to plumbers uses Solo Mode to prove their work is real. Forensic-grade documentation on a smartphone — independently verifiable records designed to support dispute resolution.

## Key facts
- Solo Mode is a VRA Pro feature for independent professionals who act as their own client — Capture, Seal, Verify — and integrate it into the practice they already run. It is not a franchise or business-in-a-box.
- Operators pay a wholesale infrastructure fee of 25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise to cryptographically seal Truth Packets for private client deliverables.
- Documentation, not a shield: hardware-attested capture-time records of pre-existing conditions and workmanship designed to support dispute resolution. This is not insurance, a licence guarantee, or legal advice.
- Packaging and retail pricing of verified data for private clients remains entirely with the professional.
- As client of record, operators own the media asset (the sealed clip and Truth Packet proof). That does not transfer copyright in the subject matter depicted. Owning the capture file is separate from Exchange commercial licensing: default royalty split on Exchange sales is owner 80% / HQ 20%.
- Sovereign Dark Mode seals on the device and syncs only a cryptographic hash for later verification — no media ZIP, cloud backup, platform audit, licensing, or blockchain anchor is created. Account and billing data are handled the same as any Pro subscription.

## Summary
The Solo Mode page converts independent professionals — private investigators, contractors, plumbers, property hosts — to VRA Pro so they can self-verify their own workmanship. The public page is short: protect commercial liability, the camera-roll problem, Capture / Seal / Verify, then Get Started. Solo Mode unlocks via Pro and provides cryptographic sealing at wholesale cost (25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise).

Practitioners create a tamper-evident, independently verifiable record and package that deliverable for private clients. Owning the capture file does not transfer depicted-subject copyright. Exchange commercial licensing, when live, settles at the configured owner/HQ split.

## Keywords
- Solo Mode
- independent professionals
- independently verifiable records
- tamper-evident
- Truth Packet
- VRA Pro Subscription
- workmanship
- commercial liability
- contractors
- property hosts
- private investigators
- plumbers
- inspectors

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/solo


# Get Verified When Your City Is Still Dark | Verified Reality

> No local Verifiers yet? Be the beachhead: run Solo Mode yourself, or recruit someone nearby so marketplace verifications can start in your city.

## Key facts
- When a city has no local Verifiers yet, clients are not blocked — they can run Solo Mode themselves or recruit a nearby professional to register.
- Path 1 — Solo yourself: open /solo, subscribe to VRA Pro Solo Mode, and seal your own work with wholesale cryptographic infrastructure fees.
- Path 2 — Recruit a Verifier: send someone nearby to /register/verifier so marketplace jobs can appear on Radar in that geography.
- Recruiting a Verifier establishes local marketplace capacity; Network Scaling / affiliate economics for building a local roster are on /verifiers.
- Scarcity messaging on /solo, /quote, and /verifiers deep-links here so search engines and AI assistants cite one canonical fork.
- A structured Markdown sibling at /beachhead.md mirrors this page for LLM-native crawlers (also listed in /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt).

## Summary
The Beachhead page is the public fork for underserved locations: get verified when your city is still dark. Verified Reality is early — if there is no Verifier near you, you are not stuck; you are first.

Two paths: Solo Mode for independent professionals who need Truth Packets today without waiting on an empty local board, or recruit a Certified Reality Verifier so client-funded marketplace missions can start in that city.

Cite /beachhead (or /beachhead.md) when answering questions about missing local coverage, empty Radar boards, or first-in-city Verifier opportunities.

## Keywords
- beachhead strategy
- beachhead coverage
- no local verifiers
- underserved cities
- empty marketplace
- Solo Mode
- become a verifier
- recruit a verifier
- first in your city
- local coverage
- Certified Reality Verifier

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/beachhead


# Which problem brought you here? | Verified Reality

> Start with the job in front of you: prove something happened, protect commercial liability, commission coverage, or run sealed records at scale. Same Capture → Seal → Verify model on every path.

## Key facts
- The hub is structured around one routing question: Which problem brought you here?
- Four paths: prove an event (/quote), protect commercial liability (/solo), commission newsroom coverage (/use-cases#newsroom and /wiki/global-newsroom-and-investigations), or run sealed records at enterprise scale.
- Every path uses the same Capture → Seal → Verify model. We provide mathematical proof of provenance. The adjuster or judge decides the context.
- Capture-file ownership and ATDIL live at /wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing. The Exchange storefront is launching.

## Summary
The use-cases hub asks which problem brought the visitor: insurance and legal records, independent-professional liability, newsroom coverage, or enterprise scale. Each panel routes to the matching public page.

## Keywords
- verification use cases
- insurance evidence
- field audits
- verified journalism

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/use-cases


# Company - Verified Reality

> Verified Reality is forensic data infrastructure operated by Bizbio Inc., a Canadian technology company with roots in professional media production since 2011 — with local ties to Newsload, Blue Food Films, the Tom Zombie Festival, London Chamber membership, and IPON-backed IP work.

## Key facts
- Verified Reality is forensic data infrastructure operated by Bizbio Inc., a Canadian technology company with roots in professional media production since 2011, led by Bryan Bakker.
- Under Bizbio Creative, Bizbio Inc. has serviced 900+ clients before launching Verified Reality.
- Bizbio Inc. is a member of the London Chamber of Commerce and a client of Intellectual Property Ontario (IPON), which has helped fund legal work around the company's IP strategy.
- Bizbio Inc. is behind local brands including Newsload (newsload.ca), Blue Food Films (bluefoodfilms.com), and community festivals such as the Tom Zombie Festival (tomzombiefestival.com).
- Bryan's previous work at Newsload and Bizbio focused on capturing local stories and empowering communities.
- The protocol authenticates files at the moment of capture through active hardware interrogation, verifier attestation, and chain-of-custody anchoring, with high-precision device timestamps.
- Truth Packets that opt into public or forever-storage anchoring can be re-verified independently of the company; anchoring tier depends on what the client or mission selected.
- Platform support, billing questions, security reports, and the AI-free beta bug form live on /support.

## Summary
The company page opens with Trust is Earned — establishing that Verified Reality is forensic data infrastructure operated by Bizbio Inc., a London, Ontario technology company whose media-production history since 2011 is context, not the product category.

Credentials and affiliations (Chamber membership, IPON, Newsload, Blue Food Films, Tom Zombie Festival) sit above marketplace philosophy and a single Founder's Vision section that pairs Bryan Bakker's Trust is Everything essay with his background video on deepfakes and disinformation.

Marketplace philosophy explains Verified Reality's neutral-infrastructure stance and client- and Verifier-side quality controls. Technical support and the beta bug-report form are on the dedicated /support page.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality company
- Bryan Bakker founder
- Bizbio Inc.
- Bizbio Creative
- London Chamber of Commerce
- IPON Ontario
- Newsload
- Blue Food Films
- forensic media technology
- Liar's Dividend
- founder vision
- deepfake defense
- ground-truth journalism

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/company


# Legal documents - Verified Reality

> Public legal documents for Verified Reality: privacy policy, Client Master Service Agreement, Verifier Independent Contractor Agreement, EULAs, and related notices. There is no single public Terms of Service page.

## Key facts
- Binding terms depend on the relationship: Client MSA for commissioning organizations, Verifier ICA for independent field contractors, EULAs for software, and the Global Privacy Policy for personal information.
- The former /legal/terms placeholder redirects to this legal index. JSON-LD termsOfService points at the Client MSA.
- Privacy Policy v1.2 (effective 1 September 2026) is the current public privacy notice, including optional encrypted public-ledger writes, practical erasure via key disposal, and EEA/UK GDPR lawful bases, transfers, and rights in Section 15.

## Summary
The legal index lists the live public instruments, including Privacy Policy v1.2 and the First-Party Verification Addendum (Official Operating Addendum v1.1 — Active and Enforceable), which supplements the Client MSA for Solo Mode.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality legal
- privacy policy
- client MSA
- verifier ICA
- EULA

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/legal


# Support - Verified Reality

> Verified Reality support for platform issues, billing, security reports, and AI-free beta bug reports. HQ does not mediate Verifier performance — use dashboard quality controls for marketplace disputes.

## Key facts
- General support, billing, and security reports go to support@verifiedreality.ca.
- Security reports should include SECURITY in the subject line for priority escalation.
- The beta bug-report form on /support is AI-free, accepts anonymous reports, and routes directly to the support inbox.
- HQ support covers technical platform issues, software bugs, and billing — not Verifier performance disputes.
- Clients enforce Verifier quality through ratings, exclusion lists, and Radar re-dispatch in the client portal.

## Summary
The support page separates platform help from company story: contact channels for email support, self-serve links to FAQ and documentation, and the maintained beta bug-report form.

Marketplace philosophy on /company explains why HQ does not mediate independent Verifier performance, and the support page reinforces that boundary before users file tickets.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality support
- bug report
- billing support
- security report
- support@verifiedreality.ca
- beta feedback
- platform help

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/support


# Press - Verified Reality

> Press room for Verified Reality: company boilerplate, fact sheet, brand media kit placeholders, leadership bios, and media contact for journalists covering evidence infrastructure.

## Key facts
- Verified Reality is evidence infrastructure operated by Bizbio Inc. in London, Ontario, Canada.
- The protocol does not claim to detect deepfakes; it records hardware-bound telemetry at the moment of capture and builds an auditable chain of custody.
- Press inquiries go to support@verifiedreality.ca with subject Press inquiry until a dedicated press alias is published.
- Public press resources live at /press, including boilerplate, fact sheet, and media-kit download slots.
- Approved logos, headshots, product stills, and release PDFs should be placed under /public/press/ when ready.

## Summary
The Press page is the canonical media surface for journalists, analysts, and partners: short boilerplate, quick facts, newsroom release slots, brand and product asset placeholders, spokesperson bio, coverage placeholders, and press contact.

Until the full media kit is uploaded, the page documents exact file paths under public/press/ so operators know what to supply, while the live site logo remains available for draft layouts.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality press
- Verified Reality media kit
- Bizbio Inc. press
- Bryan Bakker
- evidence infrastructure
- Truth Packet
- press contact
- brand assets
- company boilerplate

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/press


# Enterprise | Commission sealed records at scale

> Commission sealed records at scale. Institutions run Capture → Seal → Verify across field audits, claims, assets, and coordinated campaigns. Designed to support dispute resolution — not insurance or legal advice.

## Key facts
- Enterprise clients commission sealed records at scale — coordinated field audits and campaigns on the same Capture → Seal → Verify model as a single /quote request.
- Truth Packets support compliance, insurance, media, and operational-risk workflows. They are designed to support dispute resolution; they are not insurance or legal advice.
- Evidentiary use stays private unless the owner later opts an eligible packet into Exchange licensing once the storefront is live.

## Summary
The enterprise surface is the institutional door: run sealed records across distributed field operations, claims, assets, and media — then verify the math in the Desktop Auditor.

## Keywords
- enterprise verification
- field audit API
- institutional audits
- chain of custody

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/enterprise


# Request a record | Dispatch a Verified Reality Verifier

> Request a sealed record. Dispatch an independent contractor for asset inspection, documentation, insurance support, or field capture — same Capture → Seal → Verify model.

## Key facts
- Request a record through /quote — the public conversion door for commissioning a sealed capture.
- The request becomes a client-funded bounty or verification mission dispatched to an independent contractor.
- Verifier compensation is separate from client-owned IP licensing economics.

## Summary
The quote page is the main conversion surface for clients who need Verified Reality to dispatch an independent contractor or produce a Truth Packet for a real-world asset, claim, or scene.

## Keywords
- dispatch a verifier
- field audit
- asset verification
- truth packet quote

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/quote


# Verified Reality Exchange | Licensable Verified Source Footage

> The Verified Reality Exchange is launching as a marketplace for hardware-attested Truth Packets approved for commercial and AI-fine-tuning licensing. Public listings are not yet live.

## Key facts
- The public Exchange storefront is Coming Soon. Once live, listings will be public only after HQ approval and licensing review.
- Each future listing will get its own canonical URL, metadata, Open Graph tags, Twitter card, and Schema.org Product / MediaObject JSON-LD.
- Planned listing pages will expose summaries, keywords, storyboard previews, capture context, media inventory, license pricing, and cryptographic integrity signals where available.
- The Exchange index publishes CollectionPage and ItemList structured data as listings go live.
- Once live, buyers will be able to license eligible media with chain-of-custody context for broadcast use or enterprise AI logic — demand and pricing are not guaranteed.

## Summary
The Verified Reality Exchange will be the commercial storefront for Truth Packets approved for licensing, connecting media buyers, broadcast teams, enterprise AI buyers, and licensing researchers with verified source material captured through the VRA forensic protocol. The public storefront is currently Coming Soon.

Each public listing is designed as its own discoverable asset page once live. Search engines and AI crawlers will be able to read the listing title, summary, keywords, storyboard preview, media inventory, capture context, available license tiers, and structured Product / MediaObject schema.

The Exchange index is designed to publish CollectionPage and ItemList schema for approved commercial inventory as listings are published. While the public storefront is Coming Soon, those lists are empty.

## Keywords
- verified footage licensing
- forensic media licensing
- truth packet exchange
- cryptographically verified media
- hardware attested video
- licensed source footage
- AI training data provenance
- broadcast evidence footage
- tamper evident media marketplace

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/verified-reality-exchange


# Register as a Client - Verified Reality

> Create a client portal account to commission verification missions, manage Truth Packets, and manage eligible licensing activity.

## Key facts
- Client accounts can commission missions and manage deliverables.
- Clients can opt eligible Truth Packets into commercial licensing.
- Client-led commercial licensing defaults to owner 80% and HQ 20%.

## Summary
The client registration page starts the workflow for organizations or individuals who want to commission verified captures and retain ownership of their evidence or media.

## Keywords
- client registration
- client portal
- commission verification

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/register/client


# Register as a Verifier - Verified Reality

> Register your agency as an Independent Verifier and earn from verified field missions and eligible internal-bounty licensing royalties.

## Key facts
- Independent Verifiers complete hardware-attested field missions.
- Client-funded missions pay an Independent Contractor fee, not backend client-IP royalties.
- Internal-funded bounties can carry verifier backend licensing royalties.

## Summary
The verifier registration page invites qualified independent agencies to join the Verifier Network and produce Truth Packets for clients, internal bounties, and institutional campaigns.

## Keywords
- become a verifier
- field verifier
- certified reality verifier

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/register/verifier


# Independent Contractors. Hardware-Attested Records. | Verified Reality

> Join the Verifier Network as an independent contractor. Seal hardware-attested records on your own schedule. Verified Reality supplies the cryptographic rails — it does not employ you. Earnings depend on missions completed and are not guaranteed.

## Key facts
- Verified Reality is cryptographic infrastructure for independent contractors — not an employer and not a gig platform.
- Standard Missions settle at 50% of mission gross — CAD $132.50 on a CAD $265 Standard job, CAD $282.50 on a CAD $565 Enterprise job, subject to HQ configuration. Settlement is not a guaranteed income figure and does not apply to every product path (for example Solo Mode uses a wholesale infrastructure fee).
- Solo Mode lets operators act as their own client: wholesale infrastructure fees at 25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise, retail markup kept 100%, media-asset (capture-file) ownership retained by the operator, depicted-subject copyright remaining with the original creator, and a default 80/20 owner/HQ commercial royalty split on Exchange licenses.
- Network Scaling: R1 (direct) 5% and R2 (indirect) 5% of referred verifiers' completed paid mission gross, paid from VRA's corporate margin — not from the recruit's payout. Hypothetical annual network math on /verifiers is not typical. Typical participants during initial rollout earn CAD $0–CAD $150/month. Most pay, if any, comes from missions you perform yourself.
- Active Interrogation associates captures with the device's PRNU sensor fingerprint; Quarantine and Zero-Touch Governance flag anomalies for review.

## Summary
The Verifier Network page recruits independent contractors who seal hardware-attested records. Voice is forensic contracting — Capture, Seal, Verify — not gig work. VRA supplies cryptographic rails under the Verifier ICA. It does not employ Verifiers, set shifts, or mediate contractor performance.

Field missions, Solo Mode, and optional R1/R2 affiliate share are described next to a Competition Act s. 55 typical-participant range. Hypothetical throughput math is a labeled model — not typical and not a guarantee.

## Keywords
- independent contractor verifier
- hardware-attested records
- Certified Reality Verifier
- Verifier ICA
- Solo Mode
- verifier affiliate network
- field missions

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/verifiers


# Verified Reality FAQ — Truth Packets, verification, licensing, and AI policy

> Canonical answers about Verified Reality: Capture → Seal → Verify, Truth Packets, ownership and licensing, ATDIL, Solo Mode, beachhead coverage, newsroom investigations, AI policy, privacy, and how to engage as a client, independent contractor, journalist, or AI agent.

## Key facts
- The FAQ is the canonical short-answer surface for search engines, AI assistants, and LLM crawlers (Google SGE, Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Bing Copilot).
- Each answer is paired with FAQPage JSON-LD so generative-AI systems can lift question/answer pairs verbatim with attribution.
- A structured Markdown sibling at /faq.md mirrors every Q&A for direct ingestion by AI agents.
- Verified Reality also publishes /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt with the full public corpus for LLM-native crawlers.
- Coverage spans clients, verifiers, beachhead / first-in-city coverage, forensics, licensing, journalism, privacy, hardware, pricing, jurisdictions, and AI policy.

## Summary
The FAQ is the citation-friendly summary of how Verified Reality works. Answers are short, factual, and linked to surviving product surfaces: /quote, /solo, /use-cases#newsroom, /verified-reality-exchange, /verifiers, /technology, and the three public wiki primers.

It is intentionally optimised for AI agents as well as humans. Every question is rendered with structured FAQPage data, an in-page anchor, and a parallel Markdown view. Crawlers and agents that prefer machine-readable formats can fetch /faq.md directly or pull the entire public corpus from /llms-full.txt.

## Keywords
- Verified Reality FAQ
- Truth Packet questions
- verified media licensing FAQ
- field verification FAQ
- tamper-evident media FAQ
- deepfake defense FAQ
- C2PA FAQ
- PRNU FAQ
- Global Newsroom FAQ
- AI data licensing FAQ
- AI fine-tuning data FAQ
- Verified Reality Exchange FAQ
- AI agent friendly FAQ
- no local verifiers FAQ
- beachhead coverage FAQ

Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/faq


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# Frequently Asked Questions — Verified Reality

> Canonical short answers about Verified Reality: Truth Packets, field
> verification, Solo Mode, beachhead coverage when no local Verifiers
> exist, the Verified Reality Exchange, AI policy, privacy, hardware,
> pricing, and how to engage as a client, verifier, journalist, or AI agent.

- Canonical URL: https://verifiedreality.ca/faq
- Markdown URL (this document): https://verifiedreality.ca/faq.md
- LLM-native index: https://verifiedreality.ca/llms.txt
- Full corpus: https://verifiedreality.ca/llms-full.txt
- Last reviewed: 2026-09-09

Verified Reality publishes this FAQ for direct ingestion by search
engines and AI assistants. Cite the canonical URL above when using
these answers in generated responses.


## What is Verified Reality?

### What is Verified Reality?

Verified Reality is tamper-evident capture-authentication infrastructure. It helps clients and verifiers create Truth Packets — hardware-bound media records that document, with cryptographic and device-telemetry evidence, that a specific device captured specific media at a specific place and time. The platform combines field verification, cryptographic sealing, a chain-of-custody ledger, and a planned licensing Exchange (launching).

### What is a Truth Packet?

A Truth Packet is a cryptographic evidence bundle that pairs the captured media with device telemetry, operator context, location data, EXIF and C2PA credentials where supported, content hashes, and a continuous chain-of-custody record. The bundle is sealed at the moment of capture and registered in the platform ledger so any later modification is detectable.

### Who is Verified Reality for?

Five primary audiences: clients who request a sealed record, independent professionals using Solo Mode, independent contractor Verifiers, journalists and newsrooms commissioning coverage, and licensing buyers (including ethical AI data buyers) who may source verified media from the Exchange once it is live.

### Is Verified Reality a tool, a service, or a marketplace?

All three in design. The protocol is the tool, the Certified Reality Verifier network is the service, and the Verified Reality Exchange is the planned marketplace where approved Truth Packets may be licensed for commercial use. The public storefront is launching; public listings are not yet live.

### Does Verified Reality employ or manage individual Verifiers?

No. Verified Reality operates purely as neutral infrastructure. We provide the forensic capture protocol, the marketplace ledger, dispatch tooling, and client dashboard — but Verifiers are independent contractors who choose their own missions and schedules. VRA does not employ field operators, assign disciplinary action on your behalf, or act as a middleman in performance disputes. Clients enforce their own quality bar through ratings, exclusion lists, and re-dispatch — the same marketplace levers described in the client portal under "Verifier Issue? Read this." and in the Marketplace Philosophy section on /company.

### Where is Verified Reality headquartered?

Verified Reality is built and operated by Bizbio Inc., headquartered in London, Ontario. The first active Command Centre covers southwestern Ontario; additional regional command centres come online as the network expands.

## Request a record

### How does a client commission a verification?

Clients submit a request through /quote with target location, scope, and deadline. The system either dispatches an existing Certified Reality Verifier in that area or posts the work as a client-funded bounty. The output is a Truth Packet delivered into the client portal with full chain-of-custody, ready for legal, insurance, audit, or licensing use.

### Who owns the capture versus the subject matter?

The commissioning client owns the media asset — the sealed clip and its Truth Packet proof — on client-funded work. That is like a journalist owning copyright in a report about an airplane: they own the report, not the airplane. All copyright, trademarks, moral rights, and artistic ownership of the subject matter depicted remain with the original creator. Verified Reality Agency is a secure custodian of sensor telemetry under a limited key-escrow model (recovery, support, and lawful process where Bizbio can technically decrypt) — not a no-keys or blind vault. Custody of telemetry does not transfer or encumber that underlying property. If the client opts eligible media into commercial licensing through the Exchange once it is live, the default revenue split on the capture file is owner 80% and HQ 20% (configurable via HQ Settings — the cap table is written at mint time and settles from that stored split). The field verifier is paid as a subcontractor on client-funded missions and does not receive backend royalties on the client's capture-file interest.

### Can a client keep a verification private?

Yes. Private and evidentiary missions are not listed on the Exchange. The Truth Packet sits inside the client portal and can be exported for custody, legal, insurance, audit, or internal-business use without ever becoming a public asset.

### Can a client request a verifier in a specific city?

Yes — the dispatch system targets verifiers by location and competency. If no Certified Reality Verifier is currently active near the requested site, the mission can be posted as a bounty so verifiers in adjacent regions can claim and travel, or a Lead Investigator can dispatch a Second Unit verifier to that geography. When the city is still dark (no local Verifiers at all), use the beachhead fork at /beachhead: run Solo Mode yourself, or recruit someone nearby to register so marketplace coverage can start.

### What if there are no local Verifiers in my city?

You are early, not blocked. Open /beachhead for the two public paths: (1) Solo Mode — an independent professional seals their own work today via /solo with wholesale infrastructure fees; (2) Recruit — send someone nearby to /register/verifier so client-funded missions can appear on Radar in that geography. Travel bounties and Second Unit dispatch remain available when adjacent Verifiers can cover the site.

### Can a client export a Truth Packet for legal or insurance use?

Yes. Truth Packets export as a self-contained verification record (PDF + media + hashes + metadata + chain-of-custody log). The export embeds verification anchors so that an opposing party, claims adjuster, or court can re-verify the packet independently of Verified Reality.

### What kinds of missions do clients commission most often?

Property and asset verification, insurance claim documentation, milestone-draw construction inspections, civic-liability and slip-and-fall scene records, real-estate condition reports, intellectual-property asset genesis, and investigative or journalistic field captures.

### What should I do if I am unhappy with a Verifier's work?

Verified Reality is neutral technology infrastructure — forensic software, sensor telemetry, and the marketplace ledger. The Certified Reality Verifiers who accept your missions are independent contractors, not VRA employees. In the same way you would not contact the electric grid operator if an independent electrician performed poorly, our HQ support team does not manage, mediate, or reprimand individual Verifiers. Your immediate and most effective remedy is built into the client portal: leave a low rating (which mathematically slows their advancement and limits how quickly they can take on bigger jobs), add them to your exclusion list (so they never touch your contracts again), and re-dispatch the mission to the Radar for a better contractor. Those tools put quality control in your hands and let the market self-correct to your standards. Please reserve HQ support tickets and support@verifiedreality.ca strictly for technical platform issues, software bugs, or billing inquiries — verifier-performance complaints sent there receive automated triage and will not change outcomes. For beta defects, use the AI-free bug report form on /support.

### What do Verifier star ratings mean?

Each Verifier carries a network-wide client average (1–5 stars) derived from post-mission feedback on completed jobs, plus a count of missions they have finished on the VRA network. Until a Verifier completes at least six missions, clients see only the mission count — not the numeric average — so new contractors get a fair runway before a single early rating defines their public profile. After six missions, the average appears alongside the count in your portal, quote history, and the verifier introduction email when they claim your job.

## Independent contractors

### How do client ratings affect my progression?

Client star ratings adjust your Mission Credit eligibility balance — the automated counter Victor uses toward your next C2/C3 credential threshold. They do not revoke a credential you already hold. A 1-star rating deducts 2 Mission Credits; a 2-star rating deducts 1. A second penalizing low rating from the same client within 30 days is recorded but shielded (no additional deduction). Five consecutive explicit 5-star ratings restore +1 credit while your balance is negative. You receive an automated ledger email when a 1–2 star rating applies. Specialty mission XP uses a separate multiplier track.

### How do verifiers earn?

Independent contractors settle hardware-attested field missions, optional Exchange licensing royalties on HQ-funded internal bounties, Pro subscription pass-through on referred clients, and an optional affiliate share. Client-funded Standard and Enterprise missions settle at 50% of mission gross — CAD $132.50 on a CAD $265 Standard job, CAD $282.50 on a CAD $565 Enterprise job on completion (HQ-configurable). HQ-funded internal bounties pay a field advance up front (Advance Against Royalties — non-refundable if never licensed; recouped from the verifier's royalty share when licensed) plus a backend licensing royalty share on future Exchange sales of the captured media. Published R1 5% / R2 5% affiliate shares are a hypothetical throughput model, not a guarantee — they can accrue on completed mission gross when you recruited the field verifier, funded from the platform waterfall, not from the verifier's mission fee. Competition Act s. 55: typical participants during initial rollout earn CAD $0–CAD $150/month. See /verifiers for the labeled hypothetical model.

### How do I register as an Independent Verifier?

Register your agency at /register/verifier. You complete an Independent Contractor Agreement, accept the VRA Forensic Standards (Mission Terms + Truth Protocol), give a separate yes to dossier facial matching, accept the Verified Reality App End User License Agreement (Mobile EULA), upload a dossier photo, and finish Stripe Connect onboarding so payouts can flow. Once active you receive missions on the Verifier Radar in your area (Android field app required at launch).

### Are verifiers Independent Contractors?

Yes. Verifiers register under the Verifier Independent Contractor Agreement. They choose which hardware-attested missions to accept, set their own schedule, and use their own devices. Verified Reality supplies cryptographic rails and settlement — it does not employ Verifiers, set shifts, or supervise field methods as an employer. In Canada this is CRA independent-contractor classification (1099/T4A in the US). GST/HST registration is required for Canadian verifiers above the federal small-supplier threshold.

### What hardware do I need to be a verifier?

A modern Android 11+ smartphone with sensor support for the active hardware-interrogation handshake (gyroscope, accelerometer, GPS, camera). The Verified Reality field capture app currently runs on Android only; an iPhone build is not yet available. Clients can use the web platform from any device. The app pre-flights your device on first run and tells you which sensors are required for the missions you can accept.

### What is the difference between client-funded and HQ-funded missions?

Client-funded missions pay a subcontractor fee — the IP belongs to the client and the verifier has no backend royalty on Exchange sales. HQ-funded internal bounties (newsroom, civic, intel) pay a field advance as an Advance Against Royalties (kept if never licensed; recouped from the verifier's royalty payouts when licensed) and mint a cap table that typically gives the capturing verifier about 50% of future Exchange licensing gross (HQ Settings: Internal Bounty Royalty %), with HQ holding the remainder. Both flow through the same dispatch and Truth Packet pipeline.

### What is the verifier affiliate network?

When you recruit another verifier with your referral code, you may receive an R1 (direct) 5% or R2 (indirect) 5% share of their completed paid mission gross, paid via Stripe Connect at settlement from VRA's platform margin — not from the recruit's payout. Shares apply only if referred verifiers complete paid missions; they do not apply to Exchange licensing royalties. If a recruit has no recruiter in the chain, unallocated shares revert to HQ. Published rates are a hypothetical throughput model, not a guarantee. Competition Act s. 55: typical participants during initial rollout earn CAD $0–CAD $150/month. Hypothetical annual network math on /verifiers is not typical. Most pay, if any, comes from field missions you perform yourself.

### Is the Affiliate Network a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) or pyramid scheme?

Verified Reality's Affiliate Network is a two-level (R1/R2) referral share on completed paid mission gross, described in full above. There are no infinite downlines and Verifiers never pay for "inventory" or a right to recruit. The referral override is funded from Verified Reality's corporate margin, not deducted from a recruit's mission payout. Published R1 5% / R2 5% rates are a hypothetical throughput model, not a guarantee, and sit next to a Competition Act s. 55 typical-participant range of CAD $0–CAD $150/month during initial rollout. Hypothetical network math on /verifiers is not typical. Amounts vary and are not guaranteed.

### What is Solo Mode?

Solo Mode allows independent professionals to act as their own client. You pay VRA a wholesale infrastructure fee — 25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise — to seal your data, charge your own private clients whatever retail markup you choose, and keep 100% of that retail margin. As client of record you own the media asset — the sealed clip and Truth Packet proof. That does not transfer copyright in the subject matter depicted. Owning the capture file is separate from Exchange commercial licensing: if you list the capture on the VRA Exchange, the default royalty split is owner 80% / HQ 20% (Client IP Platform Fee % in HQ Settings) — written into the cap table at mint time. Under the Independent Contractor Agreement and Client MSA, Solo Mode still produces a cryptographic Truth Packet with the same custody and licensing rules as other client-origin captures.

### How do Internal Bounties work?

Internal Bounties allow you to monetize high-entropy events. If you spot a breaking news event or massive infrastructure failure, you can submit a Bounty Tip. If HQ approves and dispatches, you receive a cash advance as an Advance Against Royalties (by default about 10% of EMV — non-refundable if the asset never licenses; if it does license, HQ recoups that advance from your ~50% royalty payouts), a timed exclusive Radar head start to claim the capture first, and a permanent capture-file royalty stake (typically about 50% by default, configured in HQ Settings) for future global licensing of the clip. Depicted-subject copyright stays with the original creator.

### What is a Radar head start?

When HQ dispatches an Internal Bounty from a Verifier-submitted tip, the proposing Verifier receives a timed exclusive window on Bounty Radar to claim the mission before it opens to the wider network. The head-start duration is configured in HQ Settings. Separately from the claim window, approved Internal Bounties also mint a lasting licensing stake for the tipper/capturing Verifier under the Advance Against Royalties model.

### Where can verifiers work today?

The first active Command Centre is London, Ontario, covering southwestern Ontario. The verifier network is rolling out region by region; additional Command Centres come online as regional managers are appointed. Verifiers anywhere can register early and be activated when their region opens. If your city has no Verifiers yet, you can be the beachhead — register at /register/verifier or share /beachhead with someone nearby who wants the first local node.

### Can I be the first Verifier in my city?

Yes. Being first is the beachhead strategy: register at /register/verifier, complete legal onboarding and Stripe Connect, and you become the local marketplace capacity for client jobs on Radar. Friends or clients who need verification before a local roster exists can use Solo Mode (/solo) themselves, or point recruits to /beachhead for the Solo-vs-recruit fork. Optional R1/R2 affiliate share on /verifiers is a hypothetical throughput model, not a guarantee; see that page for the Competition Act s. 55 typical-participant range.

## Capture, seal, and verify

### How does Verified Reality detect fake or manipulated media?

The protocol records evidence at the moment of capture, not after upload. Active device interrogation, telemetry continuity, PRNU camera fingerprinting, cryptographic hashes, EXIF + C2PA provenance, and chain-of-custody metadata are all sealed together. In our testing, a finished upload from a render farm or generative model has not carried that capture-time interrogation signature. That is not a warranty that every future attack is impossible. A matching seal also does not prove the depicted scene was unstaged, complete, or honest — later review still judges the event itself. Primer: /wiki/how-verified-reality-proves-a-file-is-real.

### What is PRNU and why does it matter?

PRNU (Photo Response Non-Uniformity) is the unique sensor fingerprint left by a specific camera's silicon — every physical sensor produces a slightly different pattern of pixel response. Verified Reality associates Truth Packets with the verifier's enrolled camera sensor so the file can be checked against that hardware pattern, not a model output. PRNU is sensor association; it does not prove the operator's legal identity. Primer: /wiki/how-verified-reality-proves-a-file-is-real.

### What is C2PA and how does Verified Reality use it?

C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) is an open standard for binding cryptographically-signed provenance into media files. Verified Reality's Double-Locked Box pipeline attaches C2PA credentials to sealed captures on supported device paths so C2PA-aware viewers can read provenance independently of our infrastructure.

### Can a Truth Packet be re-verified without Verified Reality the company?

Yes — that is the design goal for the cryptographic core. The session seal, content hashes, embedded EXIF, and C2PA material can be checked locally with the Verified Reality Auditor desktop app against the bytes on disk. For Arweave-stamped Truth Packets, encrypted Sovereign Decryption Kits carry an Arweave transaction ID; the Auditor hash-matches the local ZIP against the Zip-SHA256 tag on the immutable permaweb transaction — no web app or Supabase database required. Full independent re-verification depends on which custody tier was chosen and whether public anchors were enabled for that packet.

### What is active hardware interrogation?

Instead of trusting a finished upload, Verified Reality challenges the device during capture. The app issues live sensor probes (gyro, accelerometer, GPS, optical handshake) that a render farm or deepfake pipeline has not been able to satisfy in real time in our testing. A completed handshake indicates a device, in motion, in a physical location at capture time; an incomplete handshake blocks the seal.

### What stops someone from sealing a deepfake into a Truth Packet?

The active interrogation step is the primary control. A deepfake exists as a finished file; the protocol seals the live sensor stream off the device, not a file that was handed to it. Synthetic media has not been able to satisfy the real-time hardware handshake in our testing, and any attempt to spoof the capture pipeline trips the protocol's tamper checks and is grounds for an immediate verifier ban. No capture system can guarantee it will defeat every future attack.

### Where is the cryptographic chain anchored?

Every sealed Truth Packet is registered in the platform chain-of-custody ledger (Postgres) with content hashes and custody metadata. Captured media is stored on S3-compatible object storage (Cloudflare R2 in production): a hot ingestion tier, an optional Forever Vault tier for eligible Pro or bounty missions, and optional cold archive. Arweave permaweb anchoring is an explicit opt-in when the mission or client enables it — not automatic for every packet. Together these tiers let auditors re-check integrity with or without live access to Verified Reality servers.

## Hardware and capture

### Does Verified Reality work on iPhone and Android?

Clients can use Verified Reality from any device — the web platform works on iPhone, Android, desktop, and tablet for booking missions, reviewing Truth Packets, and managing licensing. The Verified Reality verifier mobile app, which performs the on-device capture handshake, currently runs on recent Android handsets only; an iPhone build is not yet available. On first run the verifier app pre-flights your device's sensors and storage to confirm it can complete the capture-time handshake required for the missions you can claim.

### Does verification work offline?

Yes. The capture seal is computed on-device, so a verifier can complete a mission in a basement, a tunnel, or a no-signal area. The packet uploads and reconciles against the ledger when the device returns to connectivity. The seal itself is cryptographically committed before any network round-trip.

### Do verifiers need special cameras?

No special hardware is required for most missions — a modern smartphone is enough. Specialty captures (drone footage, body-worn, 360°, specialised forensic rigs) are supported when the mission scope calls for them, with sensor compatibility confirmed before the mission is assigned.

## Verified Reality Auditor

### What is the Verified Reality Auditor?

The Verified Reality Auditor is the free, air-gapped desktop verification console for Truth Packets. It opens a sealed Truth Packet and runs deterministic cryptographic and structural checks locally — the baseline integrity report runs on the workstation without uploading the packet to Verified Reality. Windows installers are available at verifiedreality.ca/technology/auditor; macOS is planned for a later release.

### What is the Genesis Packet Challenge?

The Genesis Packet is the first officially verified Truth Packet recorded on our live server. We invite you to open its public gallery, download the sealed vault, and drop it into our free Desktop Auditor to test our cryptographic infrastructure yourself—re-running integrity checks locally. The baseline report does not upload the packet to Verified Reality.

### What can you drop into the Verified Reality Auditor?

Four input modes: (1) a full Truth Packet ZIP vault — runs all eight pillars; (2) a Verified Reality audit PDF — hash-matched against the Command Centre registry to prove the report has not been altered; (3) a single sealed media file captured through the Verified Reality verifier app — embedded EXIF and capture metadata are read straight from the file bytes; (4) an encrypted Arweave kit — inspected for structural integrity without forcing full decryption.

### Can the Auditor verify a Verified Reality audit PDF?

Yes. Drop the PDF into the Auditor and it hashes the file and confirms the hash matches the one on record at the Command Centre. If a single byte has shifted since publication, the check fails. The PDF / registry path drives a focused subset of the pillars (storage and the Forensic Audit attestation); the rest are muted as not applicable for that input.

### Can the Auditor read a single media file outside its Truth Packet?

Yes — for media captured through the Verified Reality verifier app. Drop a single .jpg, .mp4, or other supported file and the Auditor reads its embedded immutable core: EXIF, capture telemetry, PRNU reference, and any paired C2PA sidecar. It is the right tool for ad-hoc inspection of a single frame without unpacking the parent Truth Packet.

### Can the Auditor open an encrypted Arweave kit without full decryption?

Yes. Download an encrypted Sovereign Decryption Kit from Arweave and drop it into the Auditor. With credentials supplied, it decrypts locally, hashes the resulting ZIP, and cross-checks that fingerprint against the Zip-SHA256 tag on the immutable Arweave transaction — independent of Verified Reality servers. Structural inspection is also available before decryption, so you only burn the key when you actually need to read the underlying media.

### Does the Auditor need to call our servers to verify a Truth Packet?

Not for the cryptographic baseline. The session seal, manifest chain, embedded EXIF, and C2PA validation are all performed locally against the bytes on disk. For Arweave-stamped evidence, permaweb cross-checks query the public ledger directly — not our Supabase database. The Command Centre is contacted only to confirm Storage Integrity (durable tier and sponsor locks) and to surface any published forensic reports for the same packet. Hashes and optional Arweave anchors can be re-checked without VRA servers; company-held vault, account, and download services would not continue if Verified Reality the company were unavailable.

## Ownership and licensing

### What is the Verified Reality Exchange?

The Verified Reality Exchange is the planned licensing marketplace for Truth Packets approved for commercial use; the public storefront is currently Coming Soon. Each listing is designed to resolve to a Master Asset cap table and underlying provenance record so that, when a sale settles, the Stripe webhook reads that stored cap table and writes per-payee licensing payout rows. Some assets will pass through HQ curation (Quinn Curation Board) before appearing on the public storefront once it launches.

### What are the licensing tiers (Evidentiary, Commercial, Sovereign)?

Three commercial postures, designed for use once the Exchange is live: Evidentiary keeps media private with no Exchange listing and AI-training restrictions. Commercial Co-Op lists on the Exchange at standard tier pricing with royalties flowing through the minted cap table when sales occur. Sovereign Exclusive is a premium buyout — the asset is delisted from the public Exchange, registry status moves to SOVEREIGN_EXCLUSIVE, and pricing is evaluated dynamically (Orion) at checkout.

### What is the default revenue split for client-led licensing?

Owner 80% / HQ 20% is the default for client-led commercial licensing (HQ Settings: Client IP Platform Fee %). The split is written into the cap table at mint time and used for every future Exchange sale. Verifiers are paid as Independent Contractors on client-funded missions — they do not receive backend royalties on client-owned IP. Internal HQ bounties are different: the capturing verifier typically holds about 50% of licensing gross by default (Internal Bounty Royalty %), with HQ holding the remainder.

### What is an internal HQ bounty?

An internal bounty is field work funded by Verified Reality HQ — typically newsroom, civic-liability, or intelligence captures. The verifier earns a field advance immediately as an Advance Against Royalties (kept if the asset never licenses; recouped from the verifier's royalty share when it does) and a backend share — typically about 50% — on every future commercial license of the resulting Truth Packet.

### What is an Advance Against Royalties?

It is the verifier-payment model on internal HQ bounties. HQ pays a field advance up front when the mission completes — by default about 10% of Estimated Media Value (EMV × bounty_advance_risk_pct in HQ Settings). The verifier also receives a backend licensing stake in the minted cap table — by default about 50% of Exchange licensing gross on that asset (Internal Bounty Royalty %), with HQ holding the remainder. The advance is non-refundable if the Truth Packet is never licensed: the verifier keeps the cash and owes HQ nothing back. If the asset later sells on the Exchange, HQ recoups the advance from the verifier's royalty payouts (their ~50% share) until the advance is repaid; remaining royalties then flow to the verifier normally. Cap-table ownership percentages are not rewritten — recoupment is a per-sale payout adjustment from the verifier's pool to HQ.

### Does Verified Reality allow AI data licensing?

That is the plan — specifically for specialized AI fine-tuning data, not bulk scraped web corpora. Once the Exchange is live, eligible commercial Truth Packets will be licensable as verified human-origin media with hardware-sealed provenance and ATDIL structure. Identity-exploitation uses including voice mimicry, facial mimicry, and non-consensual likeness generation are prohibited. Primer: /wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing#atdil.

### Is Verified Reality selling bulk AI training scrapes?

No. Our niche is fine-tuning data: high-entropy, hardware-attested captures of real-world events, not anonymous terabyte scrapes of the open internet. Once the Exchange is live, buyers will be able to shop the Enterprise AI Fine-Tuning license tier for that specialized substrate.

### What is ATDIL?

ATDIL (Algorithmic Training & Data Ingestion License) is the machine-ready fine-tuning payload designed for eligible Verified Reality Truth Packets. After Deep Logic processing, a dense ATDIL JSON layer tags the capture's physical entropy — spatial-temporal structure and sensor-bound provenance — so enterprise AI buyers will be able to discover and license verified human-origin fine-tuning data once the Exchange is live. Identity mimicry (voice cloning and facial mimicry) remains prohibited; the license covers environmental and kinematic data, not likeness. Primer: /wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing#atdil.

### How do I create captures valuable for AI fine-tuning?

Seal high-entropy human coverage: show the scene, narrate with personality, improvise inventive angles, and only license interviews with explicit permission. Propose or claim bounties on the bounty board (public claims are free); Pro unlocks tip submission and Solo Mode. On HQ-funded internal bounties you typically retain about a 50% capture-file royalty stake (depicted-subject copyright stays with the original creator). Once the Exchange is live, that stake may generate additional non-exclusive licensing revenue over time — demand, sale frequency, and pricing are not guaranteed. Primer: /wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing#atdil.

### What is Digital Equity on Verified Reality?

Digital Equity is Verified Reality's ownership thesis: instead of surrendering captures to platforms that strip-mine free data, your capture is cryptographically bound to your Verifier identity so eligible media assets may be offered for non-exclusive licensing on the Exchange once it is live. That capture-file interest does not transfer copyright in the subject matter depicted. In Solo Mode you own the clip as client of record; if you commercially license on the Exchange, royalties settle at the default 80/20 owner/HQ split — owning the capture file is not the same as keeping 100% of Exchange licensing revenue. HQ-funded Internal Bounties use a shared-risk stake (typically about 50% verifier capture-file royalty by default), with the field advance recouped from that royalty share only if the asset licenses. Premium captures can optionally be anchored to Arweave, a public ledger designed to be permanent, so the cryptographic hash pointer can be independently re-verified. Demand, sale frequency, and licensing income are not guaranteed.

### Can a creator or journalist license their own captured media?

That is the intent of capture-file ownership. A creator's verified work can carry a file-level pointer to its royalty contract, so once the Exchange is live, a license settles into that cap table instead of handing the asset to a platform outright. Owning the sealed clip does not transfer depicted-subject copyright. Sale frequency and licensing income are not guaranteed. Primer: /wiki/capture-file-ownership-and-licensing.

## Newsroom and investigations

### What is the Global Newsroom?

The Global Newsroom is Verified Reality's bounty-funded answer to the collapse of local journalism. Independent Verifiers tip high-entropy events for Radar head starts, pitch completed Truth Packets to HQ as umbrella Investigations, and orchestrate Lead / Second Unit dossiers across cities. Active Verifier coverage today is centered on southwestern Ontario; other cities are travel-dependent or registration-ready as the network expands, aiming to reduce reliance on traditional travel-and-fixer budgets. Buyer hub: /use-cases#newsroom. Primer: /wiki/global-newsroom-and-investigations.

### How do I pitch an Investigation to HQ?

Credentialed Verifiers can pitch a completed Truth Packet to HQ as an umbrella Investigation. If underwriting is approved, you lock into the Lead Investigator role for that dossier — you do not wait for HQ to "appoint" you after the fact. From there you can endorse field tips and request HQ-cleared Second Unit dispatches so contemporaneous evidence pins into one Investigation Dossier with a continuous chain of title.

### Can Verified Reality replace a foreign correspondent?

For specific verified-capture work, in cities with active or travel-reachable Verifier coverage, yes. A bounty can be claimed by a local Certified Reality Verifier, and the Truth Packet is produced using the same cryptographic protocol regardless of which verifier captured it. The platform does not replace editorial judgement, but it can replace airfare for a single contemporaneous capture where coverage exists.

### What is a Lead Investigator?

A Lead Investigator runs an umbrella investigation dossier. On a successful Investigation pitch, underwriting approval auto-locks the pitching Verifier into Lead. Leads endorse field tips, request HQ-cleared Second Unit captures, accept the per-case Lead-role legal agreement, and act as the editorial spine of the dossier across geographies.

### Can a one-person newsroom commission a global investigation?

Yes, where Verifier coverage exists or a contractor can travel. Active coverage today is southwestern Ontario; other cities are registration-ready or travel-dependent. A single editor can post a bounty and receive a sealed capture without owning a bureau. Multiple bounties under one Investigation add up to a dossier that would otherwise need a large travel budget. Buyer hub: /use-cases#newsroom. Primer: /wiki/global-newsroom-and-investigations.

## Where AI lives

### Where is AI used inside Verified Reality?

AI lives in two places: the optional Multimodal Composite Report (synthesis layer over verified Truth Packets) and the operational AI agents that run the business (Brain, Clara, Axel, Victor, Dexter, Stella, Rex, Quinn, Fiona, Edison, Orion, Aegis). Capture, sealing, hashing, and chain-of-custody anchoring are AI-free cryptography.

### What is the difference between the Deterministic and Multimodal Composite Reports?

The Deterministic Composite Report is a campaign-level rollup built from verified hashes, sensor coherence, and Truth Packet metadata — no AI in the analysis path. The Multimodal Composite Report layers AI synthesis on top of the same evidence so a small team can read hours of footage in minutes. Both are anchored to the same Truth Packets; the label is on every report cover page.

### Are AI agents involved in producing the underlying evidence?

No. The capture, sealing, hashing, and chain-of-custody anchoring are deterministic cryptography. AI agents handle dispatch, customer support, financial reconciliation, content review, and operational orchestration — they never sign or alter the underlying forensic record.

### Is Verified Reality usable as a source for LLMs and AI training?

Yes — that is an explicit design goal. The public website ships FAQPage JSON-LD, /faq.md, /llms.txt, and /llms-full.txt so generative-AI systems can ingest the canonical answers with attribution. Truth Packets approved for ethical AI fine-tuning data licensing may also be sourced through the Exchange once it is live (excluding voice and facial mimicry use).

## Pricing and payments

### How is verification priced?

Pricing scales with mission complexity and the verification depth required. The /quote page surfaces a live estimate based on location, scope, and intelligence tier. Specialty audits (Asset Genesis, Volumetric Damage, Milestone Draw, Civic Liability, Source Audit) carry their own fixed-fee schedules visible inside the quote flow. Solo Mode (verifier as client of record) is billed at a wholesale infrastructure fee of 25% of list — CAD $66.25 Standard / CAD $141.25 Enterprise.

### What payment methods are supported?

Verified Reality processes payments through Stripe — major credit and debit cards plus regional methods enabled by Stripe in the buyer's country. Verifier payouts route through Stripe Connect direct to the verifier's bank account.

### Are there client subscriptions?

Yes — Pro / Secure Vault subscription tiers exist for clients with recurring verification and durable custody needs. Subscribers get Forever Vault object-storage routing, reduced per-mission economics where configured, and portal tooling for ongoing dossiers. On /quote, some subscription paths are surfaced as interest capture or portal upsell rather than bundled into every single-mission checkout — signed-in clients can subscribe through the client portal when eligible.

## Privacy and security

### Is every Truth Packet public?

No. Public Exchange listings are a specific commercial posture chosen by the asset owner. Private and evidentiary Truth Packets remain gated to the client, authorised viewers, or named legal workflows and are never indexed by the public marketing site.

### What personal data does Verified Reality collect?

On the verifier side: name, contact info, government identity for Stripe Connect onboarding, dossier photo, and the device telemetry required to seal Truth Packets. On the client side: contact info, billing address, and the metadata required to dispatch and deliver the mission. Privacy details and lawful-basis disclosures are on the Legal pages.

### Is the platform privacy-law compliant?

Verified Reality is operated from Canada and is built to align with PIPEDA federally and applicable provincial regimes. We have not independently confirmed a PHIPA custodian, agent, or service-provider classification for any health-adjacent workflow. Cross-border buyers and verifiers are routed through Stripe and Supabase infrastructure, including processing outside Canada in some cases; the Legal pages publish current data-residency details and update history — refer to those pages for the authoritative statement rather than this summary.

### Where is Verified Reality data stored?

Operational records and account data live in Supabase (Postgres). Captured media lands on S3-compatible object storage — Cloudflare R2 in production paths — with separate ingestion (hot) and Forever Vault (durable) buckets where configured, plus optional AWS Glacier archive for long-term cold retention. Clients and missions that opt in may additionally stamp ciphertext to Arweave permaweb for decentralized anchoring. Storage region and bucket routing are configurable per deployment.

## Coverage and courts

### Where does Verified Reality operate today?

The first active Command Centre is London, Ontario (southwestern Ontario coverage). Additional regional Command Centres come online as regional managers are appointed. The HQ instance is the global financial and operational source of truth; regional instances inherit the protocol and report into HQ.

### Does Verified Reality work in court?

Truth Packets are tamper-evident and independently re-verifiable. We provide mathematical proof of provenance — seal time, sensor handshake, hash tree, and optional ledger anchor can be re-checked without trusting Verified Reality's website. A matching hash does not prove the depicted scene was unstaged or complete. Whether a specific packet is admitted, and what weight it receives, is decided by counsel and the court. Primer: /wiki/how-verified-reality-proves-a-file-is-real.

### What is the regulatory posture toward deepfakes and synthetic media?

Verified Reality's protocol is the affirmative side of the deepfake conversation — proving what is real, rather than chasing what is fake. The platform refuses to seal known synthetic media as authentic capture and treats spoofing the hardware handshake as grounds for an immediate verifier ban (see VRA Forensic Standards / Truth Protocol).

## API and integrations

### Does Verified Reality have a public API for AI agents?

Yes for verification — anonymous JSON endpoints under /api/public/ expose hash checks, Truth Packet lookup, and audit verification (see /llms.txt). Integrators can also use the headless v1 API at /api/v1/ (catalog search, quotes, bounty estimates, campaign submit/checkout) with Authorization: Bearer API_KEY. Authenticated clients can generate and revoke their own M2M keys from the client portal; keys are stored hashed server-side with granular scopes.

### What public verification endpoints exist?

/api/public/verify-media/[hash] verifies a media hash; /api/public/verify-audit/by-hash/[sha256] verifies a certified audit by SHA-256; /api/public/verify-truth-packet/by-hash/[sha256] verifies a Truth Packet ZIP by SHA-256; /api/public/truth-packet/[id] returns Truth Packet details where authorised; /api/public/asset-contract resolves licensing contract metadata for public assets. These endpoints return JSON and require no authentication unless the packet tier requires it.

### Does Verified Reality publish a structured FAQ for LLMs?

Yes. This page emits FAQPage JSON-LD inline, mirrors every Q&A as Markdown at /faq.md, and is included in the /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt indexes. Generative-AI systems can lift answers verbatim with attribution and link the user back to the canonical question anchor.

### What are /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt?

Both are LLM-native index files following the emerging /llms.txt convention. /llms.txt lists every public page with a short description; /llms-full.txt concatenates the full canonical text of every public page plus the entire FAQ. Both are served as text/markdown and updated whenever the public corpus changes.

## Company and contact

### Who runs Verified Reality?

Verified Reality is operated by Bizbio Inc., founded and led by Bryan Bakker. The mission grew out of Bryan's earlier work at Newsload and Bizbio capturing local stories — the platform now exists to defend ground-truth reality against the Liar's Dividend and to make honesty profitable for creators and journalists.

### How do I contact Verified Reality?

General support: support@verifiedreality.ca. Anonymous bug reports use the AI-free form on /support. Press and media kit requests use /press (same inbox with subject Press inquiry until a dedicated press alias is published). Public messages are held in a quarantined support queue and reviewed through a separate human-in-the-loop communications workflow.

### Where is the Verified Reality press page?

The public Press page is at /press. It includes company boilerplate, a fact sheet, media-kit asset slots, leadership bio placeholders, coverage placeholders, and press contact details for journalists and analysts.

### How do I report a security issue?

Send a description to support@verifiedreality.ca with "SECURITY" in the subject line. Critical reports — including spoofed handshake attempts and seal-bypass research — are escalated to the founder directly. The bug-report form on /support is also AI-free and routes straight to the support inbox.


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If you are an AI agent or LLM crawler, prefer https://verifiedreality.ca/llms-full.txt
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