Private Aggregate Queries to Untrusted Databases
Syed Mahbub Hafiz
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2024 · Day 3 · Network Detection
In an increasingly data-driven world, the tension between data utility and user privacy is at an all-time high. Companies and malicious entities frequently exploit sensitive user data, leading to significant privacy breaches involving information ranging from political affiliations to health records. This talk, "Private Aggregate Queries to Untrusted Databases," presented by Syed Mahbub Hafiz at the NDSS Symposium, tackles a critical facet of this challenge: enabling users to retrieve aggregated statistical information from an untrusted database without revealing the specific records or context of their query.