Aether pays you to run small checks from your home connection. The trust story is the product, so the software enforces it — it isn't buried in a policy.
How it works
One URL to check — nothing else.
A pinned browser checks just that URL through a policed proxy — never your browsing, files, or network.
A signed receipt comes back, and you earn for the check.
Contacts the one URL a job names — never your browsing, files, or network.
Customers see coarse location — country, region, provider — never your IP.
A pinned, fingerprint-checked Chrome or Firefox Aether downloads — never your own.
Nothing runs until you enable it and consent. aether-worker activity shows every check.
curl -fsSL https://api.runaether.run/install.sh | bash
macOS Apple Silicon or Linux x86-64 · verifies the download's fingerprint · turns on nothing until you read the disclosure and agree.
Full walkthrough: the operator guide.