But isn’t the point that we just need to stay ahead of it. Surely encryption used in the 90s could be broken by a quantum computer today?
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, quantum computers has been about-to-break-encryption since the 90s. The hype never ends, just a new crop of people first hear it then figure out it’s bullshit.
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
embed_me@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I do not know of any such occurrence. I would like to know about it
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
It seems the RSA-155 (512 bit) encryption commonly used in the 90s was broken in 1999, no quantum needed (due to it being based on primes).
Though from what I can search up, reddit users from 10 years ago were confident a 128 bit modern algorithm (e.g. AES) would never be able to be brute forced, even by quantum computers.
I dunno, sometimes I wonder if not everyone on the internet is an expert.
BMTea@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s like nuclear fusion, always just around the corner…