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Chinese scientists hack military grade encryption on quantum computer: paper (www.scmp.com)
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[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Technically correct. You would buy time well past the end of the universe. Advances in either quantum or conventional computers would not change this. There are theoretical limits at play.

Now, maybe you can find a way to substantially reduce the difficulty of breaking it over brute force. Cryptographers have been trying to break AES for 30 years now and haven't found one that does more than marginal improvement. But it's possible.