Your Identity Has Been Taken: Here's how to you take it back
A preview into The Trust Crisis. A new book from Trua CEO Raj Ananthanpillai
The Trust Crisis exposes why identity theft, data breaches, and privacy erosion have become unavoidable and normalized features of human interaction with the digital
ecosystem. The problem is not careless users, but helpless users. It is a rigged and broken identity screening system that forces people to repeatedly give up sensitive data with zero assurance to protect them.
Raj Ananthanpillai reveals how today’s flawed verification model creates massive security risks and explains why adding more safeguards or regulations has not fixed the issue. He introduces a new framework for digital trust—one that replaces endless data sharing with reusable, consumer-owned trust credentials.
Readers will discover:
- Why current organizational data storage approach puts everyone at risk
- How identity verification and screening can work without exposing personal data
- What a Trust Credential for Life looks like in practice
- How consumers and organizations can restore digital trust with a new verification model
Clear, timely, and solution-oriented, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned about privacy, security, and the future of human identity screening in an AI driven digital world.
The Trust Crisis is Available Now:
Email: raja@truame.com | Website: truame.com
Raj Ananthanpillai
is a serial entrepreneur, investor, inventor, and founder and CEO of Trua, where he is building privacy-preserving digital credentials that give individuals control over their identities. He has founded and scaled multiple technology companies, delivering mission-critical risk and identity solutions for public-sector and global enterprises. Ananthanpillai holds two master’s degrees in electrical engineering and engineering physics, is the inventor on multiple U.S. patents, author of two prior books, and advises organizations and governments on digital trust, security, and identity systems. He resides in the Washington, D.C. area