The Framework · Digital Life Domains

Sixteen areas of
your digital life

Domains are durable, user-recognizable parts of your digital life you can act on independently. All sixteen are architecturally equal — none is more important by design, only by how much it applies to you.

DLD-001

Digital Identity and Accounts

Who you are online, and how you log in — usernames, passwords, recovery methods, and the accounts built on top of them.

DLD-002

Email

The accounts you use to send, receive, store, and recover correspondence. Often the recovery channel for everything else, which makes it disproportionately important.

DLD-003

Messaging and Calls

The apps and numbers you use to talk to people — texts, voice, video, and the encryption (or lack of it) behind them.

DLD-004

Social Media

The platforms where you post, follow, and are visible to others — and what they reveal about you to people you never met.

DLD-005

Web Browsing and Search

The browser, search engine, and habits that shape what gets tracked as you move around the web.

DLD-006

AI Services and Assistants

The AI tools and assistants you talk to — what you tell them, what they remember, and where that goes.

DLD-007

Personal Devices

Your phone, laptop, and tablet — the physical objects that hold almost everything else on this list.

DLD-008

Connected Devices and Smart Environments

Smart-home gear, wearables, and other connected devices that quietly listen, sense, or report.

DLD-009

Networks and Connectivity

The Wi-Fi, mobile data, and other connections your devices trust to move information.

DLD-010

Cloud Storage

Where your files, photos, and backups live outside your own devices — and who else can reach them.

DLD-011

Local Files and Storage

What sits on your own devices and drives — documents, media, and anything not backed up elsewhere.

DLD-012

Digital Finance and Payments

Banking apps, payment methods, and the money that moves through them.

DLD-013

Digital Commerce

Online shopping accounts, saved payment details, and the retailers who hold them.

DLD-014

Websites and Domain Names

Any site or domain you personally own or run, and what it takes to keep control of it.

DLD-015

Cryptoassets and Wallets

Cryptocurrency holdings, wallets, and the keys that control them — specialized, and not something everyone needs to think about.

DLD-016

Digital Health and Wellness

Health apps, records, and trackers — often sensitive, and easy to overlook.

Not every domain applies to everyone, and that's the point — you only need to think about the ones that are actually part of your life. Ready to see this in action? Start with Email, the domain that protects the most others.