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submitted 7 months ago by MidnightBanjo@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it’s quantum computing - especially considering its impact on most current encryption methods

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Excited and scared for quantum computing

[–] MidnightBanjo@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, my understanding is the NSA stores all encrypted texts they intercept so when they can get a good quantum computer they can break them.

Glad groups like signal have started updating their encryptions to help handle that

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Mulvad too are rolling out "quantum-resistant encryption" (read: they add another random key after the first key handshake is established)

[–] MidnightBanjo@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 months ago

Good to know.