Archived Bitcoin security threatened by quantum computers, say cybersecurity experts (technologyreview.com)
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Archived Bitcoin security threatened by quantum computers, say cybersecurity experts (technologyreview.com)
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[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My current mental rabbit hole is quantum computing's impact on HTTPS and other forms of encryption that are currently believed to be resistant to brute force cracking/key determination. The math is what interests me most.
[–] obvious_throwaway1 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Given that the following:
I would suggest it's safe to say that modern encryption has been successfully backdoored from it's conception.
[–] TheBuddha [S] ago
Maybe, though there are various audited open source solutions. If they were on there, I'd expect it to be at the hardware level?