Reply to post: Re: Surely the point of encryption...

SEAL up your data just like Microsoft: Redmond open-sources 'simple' homomorphic encryption blueprints

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Re: Surely the point of encryption...

Encryption is to hide things from prying eyes. If you want to prevent tampering, you need to use signatures. Technically they're both forms of cryptography, but they're still very much different things.

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