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By that definition, encryption for a cloud-based home automation system is impossible, right? "Here's the command from the Echo Dot." "Great, what should I do?
by fixermark 10y ago
By that definition, encryption for a cloud-based home automation system is impossible, right?
"Here's the command from the Echo Dot."
"Great, what should I do?"
"Can't tell you; it's encrypted."
- x1798DE 10y agoI think techncially it's possible for certain operations using homomorphic encryption[1], where operations performed on encrypted data result in an appropriate transformation of the plaintext data, but I am fairly certain that's not widely used, and I think Amazon would make a big deal out of it if it were used with the Echo. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homomorphic_encryption