Assertion Supported AI assessment confidence: 98% certainty 4/5 debate potential 2/5

Popa: BlindBox inspects encrypted traffic while maintaining user privacy

Raluca Ada Popa · Raluca Ada Popa · Jul 28, 2017 · at 0:14

UC Berkeley professor Raluca Ada Popa presents her research on BlindBox at the Andreessen Horowitz Academic Roundtable.

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“So I'm going to tell you about some very recent work on Blindbox, which enables us to inspect traffic that remains encrypted and protect the privacy of the users.”

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Prediction Not checkable as stated
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