stillhidden
Stillhidden is a term used in digital privacy and data security discourse to describe information or attributes that remain unrevealed despite access to accompanying data or outputs. It denotes persistent concealment arising from design choices, cryptographic protections, or the inherent opacity of data processing.
Origin and usage: The phrase is informal and not tied to a formal standard. It began appearing
Applications: In privacy-preserving systems, stillhidden characteristics may include certain metadata, exact location coordinates, or user attributes
Limitations: The term lacks formal definition and can be interpreted variably. Critics argue that without explicit
See also: data privacy, differential privacy, data minimization, encryption, access control.