Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @12:00PM
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In what state is the field of this differential privacy right now? Is anything useful already deployed / expected to be deployed soon, or does it require much more research?
Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
by physicsyogi on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @04:55PM
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Apple uses it[0] and lets you opt out of sharing your data as well[1].
[0]: https://www.wired.com/2016/06/apples-differential-privacy-co... [1]: https://www.howtogeek.com/290298/what-is-differential-privac...
Re:How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
by frankmcsherry on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @01:26PM
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Google uses it.[0] I think it mostly needs interested parties; folks who care enough to commit to doing something more interesting with it than just counting things. I've certainly built several tools while at MSFT, they just .. languished.
Differential privacy also has the nice property that it works like a fungible currency: it is additive, so even if you hand out x, y, and z units to different folks, they collectively can't spend more than x + y + z units, no matter how clever they are. In principle this could help folks determine a value for their sensitive data, and perhaps set up decent standards for people to value their own privacy (e.g. "selling 0.1 units of differential privacy from your email could shift your health insurance premiums by 10%").