Can a new form of cryptography solve the internet’s privacy problem?
Techniques which allow the sharing of data whilst keeping it secure may revolutionise fields from healthcare to law enforcement Rachel is a student at a US university who was sexually assaulted on campus. She decided against reporting it ( fewer than 10% of survivors do). What she did, however, was register the assault on a website that is using novel ideas from cryptography to help catch serial sexual predators. The organisation Callisto lets a survivor enter their name in a database, together with identifying details of their assailant, such as social media handle or phone number. These details are encrypted, [...]