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what are your thoughts on quantum computers breakimg encryption soon? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] airbussy@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This video by Veritasium was pretty insightful on the topic.

https://youtu.be/-UrdExQW0cs

But I guess we'll have to see about "store now, decrypt later"...

[–] Valmond@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

New assymetric algos exist and the new standard is worked on right now IIRC (it might have been done already).

[–] airbussy@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

At 17:42 in the vid he talks about now algorithms, specifically one with vectors. His explanation is pretty good and comprehensable for not mathematically gifted people