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[–] OnlineBrainworms@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Can this thing predict the future?

As soon as the billionaires have a tool like that in their hands we are doomed forever. And I assume they will eventually have something that can do a good enough job of it that they will be able to use it to remain in control forever. Maybe they already do? They surely wouldn't tell us.

Cool. Cool.

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[–] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

all a quantum computer is good for is breaking encryption, which can then be solved with quantum encryption, so sell computers to protect against the computers you created

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

so sell computers to protect against the computers you created

Quantum-resistant cryptography doesn't inherently require quantum computers, to my knowledge--you just need to pick a problem that's difficult for quantum computers to reverse but still reasonable for non-quantum computers to handle.

[–] pcalau12i@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, quantum computers can only break a certain class of asymmetrical ciphers, but we already have replacements called lattice-based cryptography which not even quantum computers can break. NIST even has on their website source code you can download for programs that implement some of these ciphers. We already have standards for quantum-resistance cryptography. Most companies have not switched over since it's slower, but I know some VPN programs claim to have implemented them.

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