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Simson Garfinkel
Simson Garfinkel is the Senior Data Scientist in the Chief Data Officer Directorate at the US Department of Homeland Security. He writes about computer security, privacy, and digital forensics.
Published: Jan 24, 2022
In 2017 the US Census Bureau announced that it would update the statistical methods it used to meet its statutory obligation to protect the confidentiality of information furnished to the agency. The new system would be based on an approach called “differential privacy” that ...
