New Publication at PETS'25

SoK: Descriptive Statistics Under Local Differential Privacy

We are pleased to announce our latest publication, “SoK: Descriptive Statistics Under Local Differential Privacy”, which will be presented at PETS'25. This work provides a comprehensive survey and systematization of existing techniques for performing descriptive statistical analysis while preserving privacy under Local Differential Privacy (LDP).

Our study delves into the strengths and...

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New Paper Published at PETS'24

Measuring Conditional Anonymity - A Global Study

We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper Measuring Conditional Anonymity - A Global Study at PETS'24.

Our research examines the real-world effectiveness of pseudonymization in health applications, focusing on two major applications in 39 countries. Key findings show that users of a popular menstruation tracking app can be de-anonymized to groups of as few as five people in 97% of...