Prove address, hide account number

The screenshot that proved too much

You found a flat. The landlord sends a checklist:

Proof of address—recent utility bill or bank statement showing your name and current address.

You open your banking app. One screenshot captures everything: institution name, full account number, routing number, balance, recent transfers. You drop it into email—or WhatsApp, LINE, or iMessage—because it is faster than redacting.

They needed to know the account is yours and tied to your address. You gave them a portable copy of your bank identity that will sit in their inbox, chat history, or property-management folder indefinitely.

Luis’s mortgage story on nt2.me/help/use-cases is the same Present principle at a different desk: prove enough, expose less. Ana’s ID story covers document scans; this moment is bank proof for tenancy—issuer and partial digits, not another full statement export.

Proof of address is not “send everything”

Lease applications feel urgent. The fast path overshares by default:

They needed address verification—not a reusable photo of your routing number.

How NT² is designed for this

NT² Vault stores bank details as Bank items: structured fields encrypted on your device. The Present pillar is for moments when someone must see proof without keeping your full account surface.

1. Store — One Bank entry for the account you use for rent and bills; unlock offline at the viewing appointment if signal is weak.
2. Present — Safe presentation shows institution name and partial account digits on your phone; routing and full account stay masked until you deliberately reveal them—which lease proof often never requires.
3. Share (when they cannot meet in person) — Encrypted link with expiry for a one-time view—not a banking-app screenshot that outlives the lease. Share passphrase is separate from your master password.

This completes Luis’s arc on the blog: mortgage last-four for the broker meeting; tenant verification for the landlord checklist—same pillar, different moment.

Pre-launch honesty

NT² Vault is in active development and not open to the public yet. This article describes design intent, not a tutorial you can run today.

Lease seasons will not wait for our launch calendar. Knowing the alternative—structured Bank item, masked in-person display, no default screenshot habit—helps you decide what to send when the next “proof of address” message arrives.

Learn more

• Luis’s use case on nt2.me: nt2.me/help/use-cases
• Mortgage proof (last-four): They only needed the last four digits
• ID handoff (Ana): When your landlord asks for ID on WhatsApp
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When NT² launches at se.nt2.me, proving address should mean showing issuer and partial digits on your screen—not mailing another banking screenshot into a landlord’s archive.