confidential computing blog post [24297f93]

drafts

• what is confidential computing?

  • homomorphic encryption + TEEs

  • TEEs are a bridge to homomorphic encryption

    • also kabuki theatre

  • apple

    • machinelearning.apple.com/research/homomorphic-encryption
  • allows you to solve the privacy problem
  • 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
    • cloud.google.com/security/products/confidential-computing