Geometric Cryptography
The key is not a password. The key is geometry.

Encryption hides the contents of a message. Geometric cryptography hides the existence of it.

A shuffled deck of 52 cards has never been arranged the same way twice in human history. 8×1067 possible combinations. One image. 360 orientations. The same principle.
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How it works

Acetilt encodes a secret message into the least-significant bits of a carrier image's blue channel at pixel locations defined by a lattice — a periodic grid generated from a 2×2 integer matrix B.

In Advanced mode, the lattice is also rotated by an angle θ. Recovery requires both B and θ. Neither alone is sufficient.

Keyspace

The cryptographic key is the pair (B, θ). Security arises from the combinatorial explosion of valid basis matrices and the 360 discrete orientations — not from secrecy of the algorithm.

This satisfies Kerckhoffs's principle: the method is public; only the key need be secret.

Enterprise mode

Multiple image stacks. Each decoded by correct orientation sequence. The key is not a password. The key is geometry.

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Use Cases
Disposable Agents

An AI agent embedded in an image. One use. Then gone. No server to call, no key to revoke.

AI / Defence
Deniable Communication

A photo posted publicly contains a classified briefing. The platform sees nothing. Forensics finds nothing.

Intelligence / Journalism
Private Key in Plain Sight

Your Bitcoin seed phrase lives inside a holiday photo. An attacker who finds it sees nothing unusual.

Crypto / Finance
Tiered Intelligence

One image. Three payloads. Each clearance level unlocks a different reality.

Defence / Government
AI Model Protection

A proprietary trading model hidden inside a stock chart. The geometry is the licence. Wrong key, wrong model.

Finance / Quant
Tamper-Evident Provenance

Authentication embedded inside the asset itself. No blockchain lookup. No external server.

Legal / NFT
Software & AI Licensing

Execution keys embedded in images. Use-count-bounded. Silent failure on expiry.

Software / AI
Compliance & Audit

Tamper-evident audit trails embedded in documents using geometric signatures.

Legal / Finance
Journalism & Whistleblowing

Source and journalist share an image publicly. The story is hidden at an orientation only they know.

Press / Activism
Payload

Payload conceals a document inside an image using geometric encoding. Upload a Word document or rich text file up to 200KB. The file is converted to binary, embedded at lattice coordinates across a generated carrier image, and downloaded as an ordinary PNG. To anyone inspecting the image — including forensic tools — there is nothing unusual. To decode, upload the image and the original file reconstructs exactly. For this demo, document formats only — the technology supports any file type, including small AI models and lightweight agents. We've kept executables and scripts out of the playground.

YOUR FILE.
ANY DOCUMENT.
A A
HIDDEN AT GEOMETRIC
COORDINATES.
Invisible to forensic tools.
DECODED PERFECTLY.
No trace detected.
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Acetilt demonstrates a geometric steganographic cryptographic primitive in which a lattice basis matrix B and rotational orientation θ together constitute a cryptographic key. Security is guaranteed by the mathematical keyspace of valid basis matrices and orientations — not by secrecy of method. This satisfies Kerckhoffs's principle. The underlying mechanisms are the subject of UK patent applications GB2607919.4 (Geometric Data Vessel) and GB2608701.5 (Rotational Geometric Encoding), with additional filings extending the architecture to N-dimensional keying, transmission, multi-tenant compute, and security composition. Patent pending. Cittela. All rights reserved.