People shouldn’t care about privacy

A blog post explores the evolution of online privacy and the pivotal role of cryptography in protecting personal data, focusing on the transformative potential of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE). It recounts the author's early experience with privacy breaches on a self-made social network, leading to a commitment to safeguarding privacy. The post details the history of online privacy, highlighting the cypherpunks' influence in developing cryptographic tools and the battle against government surveillance. FHE is introduced as a groundbreaking technique allowing data processing without decryption, ensuring privacy even during data processing. The post envisions a future where FHE becomes ubiquitous, enabling secure applications in fields like preventive medicine, facial recognition, voice assistants, and blockchain, potentially leading to a new internet protocol, HTTPZ, that standardizes end-to-end encryption. The authors, a team of cryptographers and engineers, aim to advance FHE technology to eliminate mass surveillance and data breaches.