Homomorphic Addition and Subtraction using ElGamal

Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
2 min readDec 13, 2021

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The next few years are likely to see an increase in the usage of homomorphic encryption, and where we can perform arithmetic operations on encrypted data. For example, we can perform searches on data, without actually revealing the contents of the data elements. Some methods proposed are partially homomorphic, and which can implement one or more arithmetic methods, but not all of them. In this case, we…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.