Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches

Summary

1. Private information retrieval allows querying public databases while keeping queries confidential.
2. Avoids exhaustive scanning.
3. A recent advance in database preprocessing overcomes a significant theoretical challenge.
4. Traditional approaches are inefficient with large databases.

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