# PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web

DevFeed: [PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pact-anonymous-credentials-for-the-web-4153.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/06/pact-anonymous-credentials-for-the-web/>)

Author: Dennis Jackson

Published: 2026-06-23T15:29:52Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mozilla-hacks-the-web-developer-blog.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browsers.md>), [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

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## AI overview

This technical companion examines PACT, a proposed approach to anonymous credentials for the web. It describes how anti-abuse systems, privacy protections, generative AI, VPN use, and browser-based AI agents create tension between preventing abuse and preserving privacy and user choice.

## Source excerpt

This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, "Keeping the web open and private in the bot era." Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we're proposing, and the problems still left to solve. Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome Browse a news site in a private window. Shop [...] The post PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog.