A decentralised approach to data protection and privacy

07/04/2021 | Forbes

In an op-ed for Forbes, GSDVS.com and Yva.ai CEO and Co-Founder Gary Fowler writes about taking a decentralised approach to data protection and privacy, which he calls a "powerful method" that circumvents what has been the "cornerstone of digital privacy," encryption. "Techniques from this approach split the data into multiple pieces, making it nearly impossible to reconstruct," he writes. "Since the full scope of data is not accessible, the attackers have no chance of accessing it, which makes the system quantum-proof and immune to all breaches."

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