Protecting Sensitive Metadata So It Can’t be Used for Surveillance

MIT researchers have designed a scalable system that secures the metadata — such as who’s corresponding and when — of millions of users in communications networks, to help protect the information against possible state-level surveillance.

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protecting sensitive metadata
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System ensures hackers eavesdropping on large networks can’t find out who’s communicating and when they’re doing so.
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