1. Short Definition

An Interface Capture Regime forms when a system controls mediation between unequally aware parties while blocking auditability, boundary integrity, or verification.

2. Core Meaning

An interface is the space where parties interact, interpret, translate, verify, authorize, or coordinate.

Interface Capture occurs when one actor or system controls that mediation layer in a way that shapes what can be seen, said, attributed, verified, or consented to.

The source registry defines the canonical expression as:

⊗ mediation without Au + BΣ

with signatures of proxy authority, attribution control, timing control, and blocked verification.

This regime is highly consequential because once the interface is captured, even sincere actors may be operating through distorted information.

3. Canonical Composition

Primary Operators

Secondary Operators

Active Gates

• Interface Legitimacy Gate
• Consent Validity Gate
• Representation / Proxy Gate
• Au-Actuation Gate
• MS-Gate
• Σ / Invariant Gate

Primary Diagnostics

• Auditability Au
• Boundary Integrity BΣ
• Agent / Meaning Integrity µᵢ
• Attribution Pressure AP(t)
• Verification availability
• Consent reversibility
• Interface asymmetry

U-Layer Profile

4. State-Vector Signature

5. Diagnostic Signature

A system may be in Interface Capture when:

• one party controls what another party can know
• verification must pass through the same actor being evaluated
• timing is manipulated
• attribution is controlled
• consent is mediated but not directly revocable
• representation is claimed without full visibility
• interface operators gain power from ambiguity
• affected parties cannot inspect the mediation layer
• repair depends on the permission of the capturing interface

6. Formation Pathway

Asymmetry appears between parties
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A mediator/interface becomes necessary
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Interface gains control over visibility and timing
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Au and BΣ fail to scale with mediation power
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Attribution and consent become controllable
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Verification is blocked or delayed
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Interface Capture stabilizes

7. Maintenance Mechanism

This regime is maintained by:

• information asymmetry
• timing control
• proxy authority
• blocked verification
• dependency on mediation
• classification asymmetry
• institutional trust in the interface
• lack of direct consent pathways
• audit complexity

8. Failure Pattern

Interface Capture fails by cascading into broader legitimacy and coordination failure.

Failure signs include:

• attribution disputes
• consent invalidation
• trust collapse
• proxy sovereignty
• suppressed harms resurfacing
• mediated parties discovering asymmetry
• Civilization Interface Failure activation

9. Common Regime Stackings

10. Transition Pathways

Degradation Path

Interface Capture
→ Proxy Sovereignty
→ Civilization Interface Failure
→ Crisis Loop or Dismantle-and-Replace

Restoration Path

Interface Capture
→ Direct Audit Restoration
→ Consent Revalidation
→ Boundary Repair
→ Interface Legitimacy Restoration

11. Restoration / Exit Conditions

To exit this regime:

• restore direct auditability
• separate mediator power from verification authority
• restore revocable consent pathways
• clarify attribution
• protect boundary integrity
• allow affected parties to inspect interface logic
• create independent appeal or correction channels
• prevent the interface from profiting from ambiguity

12. Null-Admissibility Conditions

Interface Capture becomes null-admissible when:

• mediation blocks direct verification
• consent is claimed but not revocable
• representation is imposed
• affected parties cannot inspect the interface
• boundary violations are preserved by the interface
• proxy authority becomes structurally embedded

13. Examples

Abstract Example

Two parties interact through a mediator that controls timing, interpretation, and evidence, making it impossible for either party to verify the other directly.

Institutional Example

A bureaucracy controls the only channel through which a harmed party can report, verify, appeal, or receive repair, while also protecting itself from inspection.

AI / Technical Example

An AI system mediates user representation, decision access, or institutional classification without giving the represented person meaningful visibility or correction rights.

14. Non-Redundancy Note

Interface Capture differs from Obfuscation Meta Dynamics because it specifically concerns capture of the mediation layer. Obfuscation may happen anywhere; Interface Capture happens where interaction, representation, verification, and consent pass through an interface.

15. Compact Registry Summary

An Interface Capture Regime forms when mediation is controlled without sufficient auditability or boundary integrity. Its signature is proxy authority, attribution control, timing control, and blocked verification.