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The Algorithmic Foundations of Differential Privacy (Dwork et al.)

in Papers I Keep Nearby by Adrian Cole

The Algorithmic Foundations of Differential Privacy (Dwork et al.) on “Papers I Keep Nearby”, a list by Adrian Cole on TheLysts.

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Field
Computer science / privacy
Year
2006–2014 line of work
Core idea
You can share useful stats about individuals while mathematically bounding how much any one person’s data is exposed.
Why it stuck
Made me less cynical about privacy—like there’s actually math between "track everything" and "know nothing."
Read where
Weekend deep dive at a Lower East Side coffee shop, laptop dying, outlets all taken.