Privacy

zk-promises: Anonymous Moderation, Reputation, & Blocking from Anonymous Credentials with Callbacks

zk-promises: Anonymous Moderation, Reputation, & Blocking from Anonymous Credentials with Callbacks

A novel framework called zk-promises is introduced, enabling stateful anonymous credentials with Turing-complete state machines and asynchronous callbacks. This allows for robust moderation, such as banning or reputation updates, for anonymous users without compromising their privacy, using zk-objects and zero-knowledge proofs to ensure state integrity.

Encrypted Computation: What if Decryption Wasn’t Needed? • Katharine Jarmul • GOTO 2024

Encrypted Computation: What if Decryption Wasn’t Needed? • Katharine Jarmul • GOTO 2024

An exploration of encrypted computation, detailing how techniques like homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation can enable machine learning on encrypted data. The summary covers the core mathematical principles, real-world use cases, and open-source libraries to build more private and trustworthy AI systems.

The Unofficial Guide to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute - Jonathan Mortensen, CONFSEC

The Unofficial Guide to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute - Jonathan Mortensen, CONFSEC

A technical deep dive into Apple's Private Cloud Compute (PCC), exploring its novel architecture for running sensitive AI workloads with cryptographic privacy guarantees. The talk covers the core requirements, key components like remote attestation and transparency logs, and how these concepts can be applied by developers today.