Mariya Bessonov

Mariya Bessonov, Dima Grigoriev, Vladimir Shpilrain

In this short note, we address a common misconception at the interface of probability theory and public-key cryptography.

Mariya Bessonov, Dima Grigoriev, Vladimir Shpilrain

We offer a probabilistic solution of Yao's millionaires' problem that gives correct answer with probability (slightly) less than 1 but on the positive side, this solution does not use any one-way functions.