The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant ( www.wired.com )
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Oddly for an article this got quite famous, a slightly long read but a job very well researched article.
" three researchers have crafted a long-sought version of private information retrieval and extended it to build a more general privacy strategy. The work, which received a Best Paper Award in June 2023 at the annual Symposium on Theory of Computing, topples a major theoretical barrier on the way to a truly private search."
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11099621...
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