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Conspiracy theory here... Me thinks they've already got their hands on a quantum computer and this is all just a smoke screen. Yes yes, encryption, can't get t
by mavdi 11y ago
Conspiracy theory here... Me thinks they've already got their hands on a quantum computer and this is all just a smoke screen.
Yes yes, encryption, can't get through that...
- alextgordon 11y agoIn case you weren't aware, quantum computers cannot break modern symmetric encryption.
- knodi123 11y agodude's alleging secret future-tech developed by some modern covert bletchley park, and you're gonna refute it with a fine point about what algorithms can currently do? I don't think you two are playing tennis on the same court.
- _nedR 11y agoI still found the exchange, informative/insightful and apropos.
- alextgordon 11y agoMy point was that "quantum computer" sounds like a scary apocalypse scenario, but isn't. It makes key exchange awkward but by no means impossible. We already know that GCHQ has an underground level full of conventional computers. That's a lot scarier.
- tyho 11y agoWell it would reduce the security factor of AES-128 to as low as 64bits which is somewhat tractable.