> I actually don't use differential privacy at all! I was just going by your own description on the product website. Anyways, kind of irrelevant since your "so

> I actually don't use differential privacy at all! I was just going by your own description on the product website. Anyways, kind of irrelevant since your "software implements legal requirements as stated by the agency providing the data". That's basically my whole point. > ...is a spectacularly BAD example of Policy Research I tend to judge research by its merit and its impact. Merit is discussed at length elsewhere, and IMO you're flat out wrong about the normalcy of this particular agreement. But we can leave that to other threads. In this thread, you're disparaging the research based upon its impact ("real debate", "real systems"), when in fact it has had a direct impact.