Cardinality Estimators do not Preserve Privacy

Cardinality estimators like HyperLogLog are sketching algorithms that estimate the number of distinct elements in a large multiset. Their use in privacy-sensitive contexts raises the question of whether they leak private information. In particular, can they provide any privacy guarantees while prese...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Desfontaines Damien, Lochbihler Andreas, Basin David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-04-01
Series:Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/popets-2019-0018