Does ElGamal Encryption Do Homomorphic Addition and Subtraction?

Well, yes, but with a small modification …

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Homomorphic encryption provides us with a way to encrypt values and then to be able to process them. Let’s say we have Bob the Data Processor and Alice the Consumer. With this, Alice could encrypt the values that she has with her public key, and then Bob can process these values with…

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

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