" 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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    9 months ago

    Most Linux package managers sync the list of all packages they can download. I wonder if some sort of system like that can be used to federate web searching.

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      9 months ago

      So we all just have a copy of the internet and then we can grep for things we are interested in … I’m actually not super against this.

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        9 months ago

        Well perhaps a selection? You don’t need the data set for crotcheting or perl coding if that’s not up your alley.