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Text Matching with TenSEAL

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Description

Question

**What is the best method to match a given string (plaintext) with already encrypted string? (e.g. matching usernames in login process) **

Further Information

In my implementation, the matching process is working sometimes but not in others.

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System Information

  • OS: [e.g. iOS]
  • OS Version: [e.g. 22]
  • Python 3.8.6, TenSEAL V. 0.3.14

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Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named, and the issue provides no reproducible example beyond the reported intermittent behavior. Start by identifying how TenSEAL represents and compares encrypted strings, then define a reproducible matching case and a test that establishes the expected result.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, python
Domain
cryptography, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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