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IBM Claims Breakthrough In Analysis of Encrypted Data

Posted by timothy on from the scrambled-in-the-shell dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An IBM researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called 'privacy homomorphism,' or 'fully homomorphic encryption,' makes possible the deep and unlimited analysis of encrypted information — data that has been intentionally scrambled — without sacrificing confidentiality." Reader ElasticVapor writes that the solution IBM claims "might better enable a cloud computing vendor to perform computations on clients' data at their request, such as analyzing sales patterns, without exposing the original data. Other potential applications include enabling filters to identify spam, even in encrypted email, or protecting information contained in electronic medical records."

4 of 199 comments (clear)

  1. Breakthrough in the analysis of willys by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Imagine your Willy being smacked until it bleeds.

    J.delanoy.

  2. Hmmm E anyone? by kenp2002 · · Score: -1, Troll

    I wrote a 200+ word response to this then found that I can summarize it in one sentence:

    "Once again the Imaginative Bullshit Makers have developed a self defeating product..."

    --
    -=[ Who Is John Galt? ]=-
  3. I'm so childish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I apologize ahead of time

    'fully homomorphic encryption,' makes possible the deep and unlimited analysis of encrypted information

  4. YOU FARIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    leaving the 4lay FreeBSD went out