Submission + - Privacy-oriented crypto research (physorg.com)
sTeF writes: There is a lot of scientific effort being put into protecting our private data. Even the big seem to be interested, recently Microsoft acquired Stefan Brands' Credentica. Also of interest seems to be this research by Amit Sahai:
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There is some additional info in the article, but it leaves some details open. Maybe some informed readers want to comment on this?... Sahai has come up with a mathematical system — known as functional encryption — that will not only help to simplify the encryption of data in servers but will also allow access to the data in an intuitive way, making it much harder for hackers to gain access to sensitive information but much easier for programmers to secure it.