Natural differential privacy—a perspective on protection guarantees

We introduce “Natural” differential privacy (NDP)—which utilizes features of existing hardware architecture to implement differentially private computations. We show that NDP both guarantees strong bounds on privacy loss and constitutes a practical exception to no-free-lunch theorems on privacy. We...

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Main Authors: Micah Altman, Aloni Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-09-01
Series:PeerJ Computer Science
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/cs-1576.pdf
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Summary:We introduce “Natural” differential privacy (NDP)—which utilizes features of existing hardware architecture to implement differentially private computations. We show that NDP both guarantees strong bounds on privacy loss and constitutes a practical exception to no-free-lunch theorems on privacy. We describe how NDP can be efficiently implemented and how it aligns with recognized privacy principles and frameworks. We discuss the importance of formal protection guarantees and the relationship between formal and substantive protections.
ISSN:2376-5992