Is privacy even real? We surf the web, watch videos, read articles, and search for specific information — all through web applications that process our requests and know exactly what we find interesting and what we love to read. A natural question arises: is it possible to expose a database on a server to a user in a way that lets the user read entries from the database without the server learning …

Welcome to PrimeWhisper — a blog about cryptography, privacy, and security research. I’m a security researcher with 12 years of experience in specialized programming and system-level problem solving, 8 of which have been focused on embedded systems and hardware security. I hold an M.Sc. in Computer Science with a focus on Applied Cryptography, covering topics like Private Information Retrieval …