Reclaiming Privacy in the Age of Connection
- Jonathan Tanner
- Mar 25, 2025
- 2 min read
Why it’s time to move from public profiles to private discovery.
For too long, the default way to connect has been to broadcast.
We build public profiles, post updates, optimise bios, and push our identities out into the digital world hoping the right people will find us. In doing so, we’ve handed over too much—our data, our intent, our privacy—to platforms that thrive on attention, not connection.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
What if we didn’t have to broadcast to connect?
What if we could share more, with more relevance, without sharing publicly?
What if the people and opportunities we’re looking for could find us—quietly, intelligently—based on context and intent, not hashtags and headlines?
This is what agentic services make possible:A shift from public directories and static profiles… to private networks and dynamic discovery.
Private by Design
Instead of a public-facing bio or searchable list, imagine holding a secure, private profile—visible only to an intelligent agent working quietly on your behalf.
You share what truly matters:Your interests, intentions, timing, and needs.
But you do so in private, without fear of it being scraped, sold, or misinterpreted.
Your agent listens, filters, and finds signal in the noise—connecting you only when there’s a reason to connect.
From Directories to Discovery
Think about associations, alumni networks, or founder clubs.
These groups hold huge latent value, but most still rely on public directories, mass emails, or social media noise to try and drive connection. That’s old world thinking.
With agentic systems, members no longer need to search or scroll.Instead, they’re matched and introduced with purpose—based on mutual relevance, readiness, and trust in the network they’re part of. Discovery becomes permissioned, contextual, and safe.
More to Share. Less to Fear.
The irony is: when you know your data won’t be exposed, you’re more willing to share.
Not to build a following.Not for vanity metrics.But to be known in ways that matter.
And when the right people see you—at the right time, for the right reason—you no longer need to market yourself like a brand. You just need to be known by the right system.And surfaced in the right moment.
This is how we take back our privacy
Not by withdrawing.
But by changing how we connect.
By replacing broadcast with context.Public exposure with trusted exchange.Static profiles with living intent.
The future of connection isn’t louder.
It’s quieter. More human. More aligned.
— JT




Comments