confidential computing blog post

drafts

• what is confidential computing?
  • homomorphic encryption + TEEs
  • TEEs are a bridge to homomorphic encryption
    • also kabuki theatre
  • apple
    • https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/homomorphic-encryption
  • allows you to solve the privacy problem
  • https://desfontain.es/blog/friendly-intro-to-differential-privacy.html
  • also potentially the future for ads and user data, although very awkward gap
  • potentially big tech slamming the door behind them?
  • TEEs require you to fundalmentally trust the vendor provider, and also that the customer hasn’t bullied the vendor
    • i.e. google or facebook can say that you’re running things on TEEs, but you have to trust their tees
    • https://cloud.google.com/security/products/confidential-computing