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The obvious way for securedrop to go is homomorphic encryption.
by coretx 4y ago
The obvious way for securedrop to go is homomorphic encryption.
- O__________O 4y agoWhy is it obvious that the way for SecureDrop to go is homomorphic encryption? For example, here’s one author’s list of related use cases and reasoning: - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-use-cases-homomorphic-encryption-every-ciso-must-know-jackson- https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-use-cases-homomorphic-encr...
- coretx 4y agoPlease don't do self promotion on HN.
- O__________O 4y agoIt’s not, I have no affiliation to author of that post; assumed that was obvious when I said “here’s one author’s” in the prior comment. Please respond to the question — and review HN’s guidelines, specifically: > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. If you’re curious, found link via simple Google search, since I wanted to quickly check if there was an obvious relevant use case I was not aware of and after reviewing it thought it might be of use in you replying: https://google.com/search?q=homomorphic+encryption+use+cases https://google.com/search?q=homomorphic+encryption+use+cases
- coretx 4y agoIt seems like we both where baited. Apologies. Clicking that link a second time gives me a totally different page.
- O__________O 4y agoStrange, what was the difference, link has been the exact same and it is the same link Google provided. Regardless, you made claim without any explanation to which both I and another user have requested clarification on why the technology you recommended is relevant.
- coretx 4y agoUsing mobile, i received a page with a big face of the author with blah about him surrounded by all sorts of big "login with" overlays and advertisement. Obviously, i jumped to conclusions too quickly as my second attempt after reading your comment presented a slick & clean page with relevant information. ( And no half of the screen filling signup / login overlays ) Hence the "apologies" in the message above. Regarding your inquiry; because it allows for the original author to do mutations and calculations on (your) data carried or distributed by untrusted third parties. This way someone could for example provide updates while being at less risk. Various asymmetries between the amount of data dumped and the amount of resulted output could also be helpful in certain niche scenarios.
- O__________O 4y ago(Appreciate the clarifications; yes, LinkedIn is randomly highly aggressive to users, gatekeeps content, etc.) To me, while I agree such a use case might make sense in a very narrow context, homomorphic encryption currently supports a limited subset of resources normally available on a computer and even doing basic operations on a small amount of data takes a very long time, adds a lot of complexity, custom information formatting, etc. As such, in my opinion, unless I am something, homomorphic encryption would be a poor fit for a use case similar to SecureDrop’s use case.
- m-p-3 4y agoWhat would be the obvious benefit here?
- coretx 4y agoJust answered it above. Sorry for being so slow, i was away from my desk.
- O__________O 4y agoAbove being here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35027654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35027654 * To get a direct link to a HN comment, click timestamp for related comment; then click parent if additional context is needed.