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krzhang committed Jul 9, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ At least for the protocols we mention, they can be implemented, but usually at a
cost of doing the computation directly). Can we bring that number down? What
other cryptographic systems can be build on top of this technology?

In the Labyrinth of Cryptography, behind us are a series of doors and rooms
that housed great Ideas in first-generation cryptography; we have
explored, exploited, and mastered these Ideas for
many decades. After a specific door, however, the rooms in the Labyrinth
suddenly now house Ideas at a much bigger scale, as if we stepped into a
completely different biome. In front of us, intrepid explorers have actually gone even further, into rooms that house even bigger behemoths of Ideas, such
as witness encryption (WE) and indistinguishability obfuscation (IO).

It is easy to be carried away by the staggering possibilities and imagine a
perfect "post-cryptographic" world where everyone has control over all their
data and everyone's security preferences are completely fulfilled. It is also
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