Solid – Reshape the web as we know it

Re:Solid – Reshape the web as we know it by azeirah on Saturday September 29, 2018 @05:37PM (#18102994)

Have you heard of the concept of "homomorphic encryption"? It allows someone to perform computations on encrypted pieces of data, without actually ever having access to the raw data itself.

I have no idea how realistic or how "possible" this technology is for in the near future, but this seems to be a great match for technologies like these.

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Re:Solid – Reshape the web as we know it by kjetilk on Saturday September 29, 2018 @07:20PM (#18103557)

Yup, it is. Though, I'm not sure about homomorphic encryption, but there has been some work on encryption in the academic community that has very clear application to Solid. Here's a paper written by some friends of mine: http://epub.wu.ac.at/5818/1/10.1007_978-3-319-58068-5_37.pdf

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Re:Solid – Reshape the web as we know it by jonnydubowsky on Sunday September 30, 2018 @12:33AM (#18104469)

I've found https://www.openmined.org use of homomorphic encryption to be really interesting, (+ Unity integration!)

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Re:Solid – Reshape the web as we know it by IshKebab on Saturday September 29, 2018 @06:44PM (#18103371)

The answer is not at all realistic or possible. Homomorphic crypto is a mathematical curiosity, not something that is any actual use currently.

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