Website data leaks pose greater risks than most people realize
Differential privacy provides a system that can allow the sharing of databases without allowing an external observer to determine if a particular individual was included.<p>If companies were required to aggregate information in this way and throw away their logs, perhaps leaks would be much less risky for their users.<p>Today this might seem far-fetched, but it could come to pass in the future, when people raised in this environment and able to understand the implications and technical aspects come to political power.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cis.upenn.edu&#x2F;~aaroth&#x2F;privacybook.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cis.upenn.edu&#x2F;~aaroth&#x2F;privacybook.html</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Differential_privacy" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Differential_privacy</a>