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Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)
Encryption
A type of encryption that lets you compute while data stays encrypted.
Definition
Fully homomorphic encryption lets a computer perform calculations on encrypted data and still get a correct encrypted result.
In plain English
A type of encryption that lets you compute while data stays encrypted.
Why this matters
Why it matters: It can protect privacy in cloud computing because the cloud doesn’t need to see your data.
Example
Example: A cloud service computes statistics on encrypted records and returns an encrypted answer.