Database Reconstruction Does Compromise Confidentiality

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Working Paper Number: ced-wp-2023-003

Introduction

For decades, national statistics offices have struggled to answer a seemingly simple question, one for which Dick et al. provide a compelling answer and “sober warnings:” What is the disclosure risk associated with publishing large numbers of aggregate statistics derived from a common source? Recent technological advances have brought this question into sharper focus with profound consequences for how statistical organizations approach the process of mitigating disclosure risk in their official releases.

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