PIR has existed for years, the hard part is optimizing it for real use cases.

benthecarman

It will take the same path of E2EE. Great tech but too powerful for the masses

bellabaxter

I hope they offer it for free so that everyone around the world can have the privacy they deserve.

lina87leary

That is if it is widely adopted. I can see DuckDuckGo eventually switching to this, but the vast majority of websites are just going to snub it.

Zenul_Abidin

This will be kind of internet feature that might just kill VPNs

ladyluck

crypto

> Three researchers have found a long-sought way to pull information from large databases secretly. If the process can be streamlined, fully private browsing could be possible.