Packaging anonymized data taught me what diligence really tests

Earlier this week, I exported 142 session fragments for SLC Digital’s due diligence team. Not raw video. Not biometrics. Just state vectors—5-layer JSON payloads stripped of identifiers, timestamps, and session hashes. I zipped them, encrypted the file with their public key, and uploaded it to a burner Tresorit link. Then I sat back and realized: this wasn’t a technical request. It was a stress test of my honesty. What I actually learned isn’t about data formats or anonymization pipelines. It’s