homomorphic encryption is like an interpreter that can run encrypted code without decrypting it.* this is like a compiler that generates obfuscated code (that

homomorphic encryption is like an interpreter that can run encrypted code without decrypting it.* this is like a compiler that generates obfuscated code (that is as hard to decompile as if it were encrypted). *Technically homomorphic encryption refers to performing arithmetic (and other?) functions on encrypted data without decrypting the data. But these operations can then be used to construct an interpreter that treats the data as code.