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Some say China is recording encrypted traffic today, to decrypt it in the future when quantum computers will be a thing. https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/repor
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Some say China is recording encrypted traffic today, to decrypt it in the future when quantum computers will be a thing.
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/report-china-to-target-encrypted-data-as-quantum-tech-advances-a-17979 https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/report-china-to-target-encr...
- alfiedotwtf 5y agoFIFY: to decrypt in the future when they access the private key via other means. ... this is why forward secrecy is so important!
- upofadown 5y ago... and deleting your old messages!
- himinlomax 5y agoForward secrecy protects against obtaining keys in the future, not against breaking the encryption.
- VWWHFSfQ 5y agoNSA certainly is [0] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
- jmnicolas 5y agoIt's probably too much data to record absolutely everything, but any intelligence agency worth it's salt is certainly doing it with important traffic like embassies coms, enemy military signals etc.
- yabones 5y agoI believe it was Bruce Schneier that said "Encryption is not a lock, it's a timer."