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I'm not sure what it is about one-time-pads (and generalizations of OTP like shamir secret-sharing) that cause it to so reliably show up in unsound work. Something about these perfectly valid (in the right context) tools is very moth-to-flamey.
If you enjoy reading Carlini tear into papers, also check out the following: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.08347.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.02322.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.03286.pdf He definitely doesn't mince words, but it's hard to be mad when he always makes very valid points. And I say that as a secondary author on one the criticized methods (not InstaHide).
Not the most polite post, but I think this is necessary given that the authors continued to promote the scheme even after it was shown to be broken.
I think this is the most abhorrent aspect: it's not in the spirit of science to arbitrarily delay findings
Edit: And I completely agree with author about Paper in the field need to do better.
The best(?) part of the article is this: > In the award ceramony [sic], the Bell Labs researcher presenting the award explicitly said he doesn't understand how InstaHide is secure, but, and I quote, “it works nonetheless”. No! It does not. Bell Labs used to have a wonderful reputation. Not so much anymore, I suppose.
If you enjoy reading Carlini tear into papers, also check out the following: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2002.08347.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.02322.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.03286.pdf He definitely doesn't mince words, but it's hard to be mad when he always makes very valid points. And I say that as a secondary author on one the criticized methods (not InstaHide).
Props to you for being so willing to accept thoughtful criticism. No matter how good the criticism is, that’s really hard.
Well, that was a fairly comprehensive takedown. Kudos to the author for mentioning the things the primary author did well and correctly put the primary responsibility on the senior researchers. ML privacy isn't at all in my wheelhouse, but I did do computer security research in school. The author makes a good point that researchers need to be ready for their methods to be broken. More importantly though, researchers…