How to Break, Then Fix, Differential Privacy on Finite Computers

Explore the challenges and vulnerabilities in implementing differential privacy in this 16-minute conference talk from PEPR '23. Discover the similarities between differential privacy and cryptography, focusing on the complexities of implementation despite conceptually simple building blocks. Learn about precision-based attacks, a new class of vulnerabilities affecting open-source libraries, and understand how to assess the severity of such vulnerabilities in differential privacy software. Gain insights into a novel technique for addressing floating-point behavior-based vulnerabilities and other potential attack vectors. Enhance your understanding of the practical aspects of differential privacy implementation and security.