Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) looks to me like the WET DREAM of every business that wants to
control the software and content on your hardware without ever having to decrypt sensitive code or data residing on that hardware.
That's because FHE-encrypted software is locally unhackable as long as its implementation of FHE remains unbroken.
Think:
* FHE-encrypted mobile operating systems, applications, and data.
* FHE-encrypted desktop and server operating systems, applications, and data.
* FHE-encrypted "smart home" devices -- from light bulbs to dishwashers to fridges.
* FHE-encrypted transportation infrastructure -- from automobiles to trains to airplanes.
* FHE-encrypted industrial machinery of all kinds.
If FHE ever becomes practical, we're looking at a very unhackable future.
Remarkably, I've never seen this issue mentioned anywhere else before.
That's because FHE-encrypted software is locally unhackable as long as its implementation of FHE remains unbroken.
Think:
* FHE-encrypted mobile operating systems, applications, and data.
* FHE-encrypted desktop and server operating systems, applications, and data.
* FHE-encrypted "smart home" devices -- from light bulbs to dishwashers to fridges.
* FHE-encrypted transportation infrastructure -- from automobiles to trains to airplanes.
* FHE-encrypted industrial machinery of all kinds.
If FHE ever becomes practical, we're looking at a very unhackable future.
Remarkably, I've never seen this issue mentioned anywhere else before.