Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers | Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defe...

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Original Title: Encryption services are sending the right message to the quantum codebreakers | Quantum computers may still be years away, but it’s prudent that end-to-end encryption providers are ramping up defences

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fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Quantum codebreakers may be a bit further, but there are many entities recording encrypted traffic in preparation. Once these codebreakers will be ready(if it isn’t yet, remember military is always ahead in tech), there will be a lot of valuable data ready to be extracted.

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