When the Curious Abandon Honesty: Federated Learning Is Not Private

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When the Curious Abandon Honesty: Federated Learning Is Not Private

European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P), 2021

6 December 2021

Franziska Boenisch

Ali Shahin Shamsabadi

Nicolas Papernot

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