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1. polski+t7[view] [source] 2019-07-24 11:13:49
>>zoobab+(OP)
Would differential privacy fix this problem? I heard that new US census will use it.
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2. majos+k8[view] [source] 2019-07-24 11:25:46
>>polski+t7
Yes, in the sense that the output of a differentially private protocol has mathematical guarantees against re-identification, regardless of the computational power or side information an adversary has.

There are caveats. The exact strength of the privacy guarantee depends on the parameters you use and the number of computations you do, so simply saying "we use a differentially private algorithm" doesn't guarantee privacy in isolation.

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