Read Wikipedia privately using homomorphic encryption
Hi, creator here. This is a demo of our recent work presented at Oakland (IEEE S&P): https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/368. The server and client code are written in Rust and available here: https://github.com/menonsamir/spiral-rs. The general aim of our work is to show that homomorphic encryption is practical today for real-world applications. The server we use to serve this costs $35/month! A quick overview: the client uses homomorphic encryption to encrypt the article number that they would like to retrieve. The server processes the query and…
Read Wikipedia privately using homomorphic encryption launched on June 8, 2022 with 331 votes, #33 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
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This demo application enables users to retrieve Wikipedia articles privately using homomorphic encryption. Designed for developers and privacy-focused users, it allows clients to encrypt their article requests so that servers cannot determine what content is being accessed. The server processes encrypted queries and returns encrypted results that only the client can decrypt. Built in Rust and running on affordable infrastructure, the project demonstrates that homomorphic encryption is practical for real-world applications today.
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Hi, creator here. This is a demo of our recent work presented at Oakland (IEEE S&P): https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/368. The server and client code are written in Rust and available here: https://github.com/menonsamir/spiral-rs. The general aim of our work is to show that…
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