[p2p-hackers] Oblivious information dispersal?

[Will Tracz]

 From what I read you want to hide the fact a user may have access to 
certain data or know of its location based on keywords?

I read what you requested and instantly thought that Bloom filters may 
provide a potential solution. Simply hash the keywords and add them to 
it and merge with your local neighbors to build a hashed version of your 
keyword set. Due to the way a Bloom filter works you can definitely say 
if something exists in a set but because it is probablisitic you may get 
false-positives. Because you can adjust the probability of 
false-positives occurring you could set it to around 50% and have a sort 
of deniability as it may be one of your neighbors or you or no one.

Just my two cents. I doubt in practice it would work well though, the 
idea needs more thought than I have given

Will

	
	
		
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