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Cybersecurity & Cryptography · Recorded milestone

Computing on encrypted data

Recorded year2024

Fully homomorphic encryption lets clouds process data they cannot read.

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Built on

Public-key cryptographyRecorded · 1976enables
AES encryptionRecorded · 2001enables
Cloud computingRecorded · 2006enables

Led to

Any screen becomes your computerForecast · ~2052enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.