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.
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26 sats \ 0 replies \ @benthecarman 21 Jan
PIR has existed for years, the hard part is optimizing it for real use cases.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @bellabaxter 27 Apr
It will take the same path of E2EE. Great tech but too powerful for the masses
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @lina87leary 29 Jan
I hope they offer it for free so that everyone around the world can have the privacy they deserve.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @ladyluck 21 Jan
This will be kind of internet feature that might just kill VPNs
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Zenul_Abidin 22 Jan
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.
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