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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

www.newscientist.com

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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

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Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process

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TL;DR: NSA accused of doing that thing that it's been doing for decades, again.

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