Popa: Computing on encrypted data eliminates the confidentiality-functionality trade-off
Raluca Ada Popa · Raluca Ada Popa · Jul 28, 2017 · at 14:59
UC Berkeley professor Raluca Ada Popa summarizes the broader paradigm shift toward practical computing on encrypted data across databases and cloud systems.
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“But the bottom line that I want to mention is that computing on encrypted data can be practical for a set of systems that we use today. And it really gives you, at the same time, confidentiality and functionality. So you don't have to choose only one anymore.”
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