HACKER Q&A
📣 I_am_tiberius

Is there a solution for homomorphic encryption in Postgres?


I learned about homomorphic encryption a while ago. It looks like a great chance for SaaS companies because it significantly improves the security of its customers' sensitive data. I haven't found any existing postgres extensions or native postgres solutions supporting homomorphic encryption. Does anyone know of any projects being developed or already available? I only know about enquo (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33386921), but its documentation is not clear, and I'm not sure if it uses homomorphic encryption.


  👤 withinboredom Accepted Answer ✓
Why would you want to use homomorphic encryption on the backend db? If the database is entirely opaque, just use text files since the entire point of a database is negated.