Simson Garfinkel

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Computer scientist & journalist, specializing in AI, privacy, ethics, big data, usability and security. My opinions here. ORCID 0000-0003-1294-2831

@ACM the Association for Computing Machinery, has updated its peer review policy to make clear that faculty may not share articles they are reviewing with their students without explicit written permission of the current venue’s peer review leadership.

“I.e. - no sharing of the submission or their review with students or any third parties without written permission by the Journal or Magazine EICs, Journal or Magazine Associate Editor, or Conference PCs”

https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/peer-review

ACM Peer Review Policy

Peer Review Policy

@benrothke.bsky.social has written a lovely review of #DifferentialPrivacy for his "book of the month" column at the RSAC Conference website. He notes that the book is available as an open source download from @mitpress.bsky.social .

https://www.rsaconference.com/library/blog/bens-book-of-the-month-differential-privacy

#DifferentialPrivacy made the top position of @techreview's "Recent books from the MIT community" in the March/April edition.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/25/1111216/recent-books-from-the-mit-community-21/

Recent books from the MIT community

March/April 2025

MIT Technology Review
Predicting Data Breach Risk: How Mathematical Privacy Is Revolutionizing Data Sharing

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Differential Privacy (2026) my new book, is published by MIT Press today!!!! The soft cover and kindle versions are available now. The open access PDF should be available shortly!!!

https://mitdpbook.com/

Amazon sent me this lovely email today.

Differential Privacy

A robust yet accessible introduction to the idea, history, and key applications of differential privacy—the gold standard of algorithmic privacy protection...

MIT Press
The OpenDP project has published a Q&A with me on the occasion of the #DifferentialPrivacy book, which is launching on March 25: https://opendp.org/blog/qa-simson-garfinkel-author-upcoming-book-differential-privacy
Q&A with Simson Garfinkel, author of upcoming book Differential Privacy

We are excited to spotlight the work of Simson Garfinkel and announce his upcoming book, Differential Privacy! Simson researches and writes at the intersection of AI, privacy, and digital forensics. He is a fellow of the AAAS, the ACM and the IEEE. He earned his PhD in Computer Science at MIT and a Master of Science in Journalism at Columbia University. His new book, Differential Privacy, will be published by MIT Press on March 25, 2025.

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#DifferentialPrivacy has a cover.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780262551656
Pub date: March 25, 2025
Publisher: The MIT Press
244 pp., 5 x 7 in, 22 b&w illus.

Advance copies available for reviewers! Email me at [email protected] for info.

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551656/differential-privacy/

Differential Privacy

Differential privacy (DP) is an increasingly popular, though controversial, approach to protecting personal data. DP protects confidential data by introducin...

MIT Press

I get so sick of having to find my phone just to download a research paper on my computer.

I understand there are some situations where 2FA is essential but authenticating my library proxy login can't be one of them.

Three of my friends have been in relationships where their ex-husband exerted abusive control through technology. This is a huge problem that is just barely recognized by the tech community.

I have written an article about Tech Abuse for the @iapp https://iapp.org/news/a/privacy-professionals-need-to-be-aware-of-tech-abuse/

If you have suffered from Tech Abuse, please feel free to post your story as a reply. If you would rather send me your story anonymously, please feel free to fill out this Google Form: https://forms.gle/ahzzYJdqWAHbAPGb8

Privacy professionals need to be aware of tech abuse

BasisTech Chief Scientist Simson Garfinkel outlines how some privacy features can enable tech abusers.

International Association of Privacy Professionals