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    ‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop

    Two researchers have broken an encryption protocol that many saw as a promising defense against the power of quantum computing. The post ‘Post-Quantum’ Cryptography Scheme Is Cracked on a Laptop first appeared on Quanta Magazine
    by Jordana Cepelewicz Aug 24, 2022 0 minutes

    If today’s cryptography protocols were to fail, it would be impossible to secure online connections — to send confidential messages, make secure financial transactions, or authenticate data. Anyone could access anything; anyone could pretend to be anyone. The digital economy would collapse. When (or if) a fully functional quantum computer becomes available, that’s precisely what could happen.

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    Originally published in Quanta Abstractions.

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