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This[0] video from Apple's WWDC gives a nice overview of how Differential Privacy is being used in iOS. Basically, Apple can collect and store its users’ data i
by eddyg 9y ago
This[0] video from Apple's WWDC gives a nice overview of how Differential Privacy is being used in iOS. Basically, Apple can collect and store its users’ data in a format that lets it glean useful info about what people do, say, like and want. But it can't extract anything about a single specific one of those people that might represent a privacy violation. And neither can hackers or intelligence agencies.
[0] https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/709/?time=812 https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2016/709/?time=8... (the "Transcript" tab has the text of the video if you want to read instead of watch.)
- devsquid 9y agoIts cool they are using DP for some analytics. But its not quite the holy grail Apple and its fans has been selling it as. Because any analytics campaign using DP will always eventually average out to pure noise or end up being non-anonymous. Heres a great interview from the ms researched that invented the technique http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/crowdsourcing-data-while-keeping-yours-private/ http://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/crowdsourcing-data-whi... One of the quotes I always liked from it is "any overly accurate estimates of too many statistics is blatantly non-private"