COVID-19 Contact Tracing with Enigma

TL;DR

SafeTrace and Apex are privacy-preserving solutions that enable secure data sharing, contact tracing, and analytics while maintaining data privacy and confidentiality.

Transcript

hello everyone we are off for the webinar with enigma out of inches my name is Sarah Thomas CTO founding partner of outlier ventures with me are Jung Saguna of enigma and Theo Turner technology alumnus of our ventures a few process issues somebody says we have lots of echo I don't hear it CEO John do you hear echo I do not ok ok all the people don'... Read More

Key Insights

• 🛟 SafeTrace and Apex are privacy-preserving solutions that enable secure data sharing and analytics while maintaining data privacy and confidentiality.
• 😀 SafeTrace provides a back-end for contact tracing apps to securely share location data and ensure individual privacy.
• 🎭 Apex leverages Enigma's secret contracts to perform analytics on shared data without revealing any individual data to others.
• 🈸 These solutions have various applications, including fraud detection, data consolidation, and benchmarking.
• 🎰 Rust is a suitable language for statistical analysis and machine learning, but Python currently offers more mature tools and libraries.
• 💄 Enigma is making progress in developing secret contracts for their blockchain, enabling secure data sharing and computation.

Questions & Answers

Q: How does SafeTrace differ from other contact tracing apps in the US and AI apps in Singapore?

SafeTrace focuses on providing a privacy-preserving back-end for contact tracing apps that collect location data. It enables data sharing between different tracing apps without revealing individual data to each other. The contact tracing apps in the US and AI apps in Singapore use different technologies for tracking and reporting contact data.

Q: How is SafeTrace different from the MIT Private Kit Safe project?

SafeTrace is complementary to the MIT Private Kit Safe project. While Private Kit Safe currently lacks privacy measures, SafeTrace provides a secure and privacy-preserving data sharing platform for contact tracing. Both projects aim to address the challenges of contact tracing, but SafeTrace focuses on preserving data privacy and enabling collaboration between different contact tracing apps.

Q: What are the pros and cons of implementing statistical analysis and machine learning in Rust and secret contracts?

Implementing statistical analysis and machine learning in Rust offers good performance and is maturing rapidly. However, it may not have the same level of maturity and abstraction as Python. Working with secret contracts in Rust allows for secure data sharing and collaborative machine learning, but it requires special considerations to ensure encryption and integer data storage.

Q: How can people contribute to the development of SafeTrace and Enigma blockchain?

People can contribute to the development of SafeTrace by checking out the GitHub repository and exploring open issues. They can also join the Enigma community forum to get involved and contribute ideas. As for the Enigma blockchain, stay updated on the progress of secret contract development and participate in testing and feedback during the incentivized test net phase.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• SafeTrace is a privacy-preserving contact tracing API that allows individuals and organizations to share data securely without compromising data privacy. It uses a trusted execution environment to encrypt and analyze data while protecting user privacy.

• Apex is a blockchain-based analytics platform that enables enterprise data sharing and analysis. It leverages Enigma's secret contracts to perform computations on shared data without revealing any individual data to others.

• Both SafeTrace and Apex offer flexibility and scalability for various use cases, from contact tracing to fraud detection and data consolidation.