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Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 20 times easier (www.newscientist.com)

submitted 1 month ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines don't yet exist, that estimate could still fall further

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[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 5 points 1 month ago

while such machines don't yet exist

Is there really not enough terrifying shit going on in the world that we need to post click bait about hypothetical man-made horrors?