Engineering posts about Privacy Engineering
Curated summaries and key learnings for engineers working with Privacy Engineering.
Building Data 360 Clean Rooms: Zero-Copy Architecture for Privacy-Safe Data Collaboration
The article outlines the development of Data 360 Clean Rooms, a system designed to facilitate secure data collaboration while adhering to strict privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. It details...
Labyrinth 1.1: Making End-to-End Encrypted Backups Even More Reliable
Labyrinth 1.1 introduces a new sub-protocol aimed at improving the reliability of end-to-end encrypted backups for Messenger, allowing messages to be securely backed up even in cases of device loss...
Privacy-first connections: Empowering social experiences at Airbnb
The article outlines Airbnb's approach to enhancing user privacy through the implementation of context-aware profile IDs that decouple user identities from their public profiles. By separating...
Our ongoing commitment to privacy for the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver
The article outlines Cloudflare's ongoing commitment to privacy regarding its 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver, emphasizing the importance of trust in handling personal data. It details the independent...
Announcing Cloudflare Account Abuse Protection: prevent fraudulent attacks from bots and humans
Cloudflare has introduced a suite of fraud prevention capabilities aimed at mitigating account abuse from both automated bots and human attackers. Key features include leaked credentials detection,...
How Advanced Browsing Protection Works in Messenger
The article discusses the implementation of Advanced Browsing Protection (ABP) in Messenger, focusing on the technical challenges and infrastructure necessary to protect user privacy while analyzing...
No Display? No Problem: Cross-Device Passkey Authentication for XR Devices
The article introduces a novel method for enabling cross-device passkey authentication specifically designed for XR devices that lack accessible displays. By leveraging a companion app, the authors...
Thumbtack Powering Safe, Smart Home Services on Databricks with GenAI
Thumbtack leverages GenAI and Databricks on Google Cloud to enhance the safety and efficiency of home service interactions. By fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) on its own labeled data,...
Securing Sensitive Mobile Operations with Device-Bound Request Signing
The article discusses the limitations of traditional authentication methods in mobile environments, particularly in the context of securing sensitive operations. It introduces Device-Bound Request...