A Q&A about Differential Privacy

Abstract

This article is a Q&A on differential privacy (DP), a state-of-the-art and popular privacy concept. There are 11 questions, including “What is DP?”, the reasons for its popularity among privacy researchers, examples of real-world applications of DP, and open-source code and platforms on DP. For those who have heard about DP, but have not yet had a chance to read papers and publications on DP (either technical or non-technical) I hope this Q&A will provide something useful and insightful.