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Authored by wayneborean on Jan 3, 2014 0:32:52 GMT
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Teacup
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Authored by Teacup on Jan 5, 2014 5:00:32 GMT
Given that nobody knows how to build a quantum computer that big, or if it's even possible, it may be awhile before the NSA gets a computer that can crack encryption like it wants.
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Anon2
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Authored by Anon2 on Jan 14, 2014 2:12:33 GMT
The problem is that the bad guys will have the quantum computer as well.
So no encryption will be safe.
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nsomos
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Authored by nsomos on Jan 14, 2014 20:38:17 GMT
While some say 'it may be a while ...' and that may be true, it would be foolish to bet against future technological advances.
For those who care, I would suggest that even if you do use strong encryption, you keep in mind that sometime down the road, anything you have encrypted may eventually be made plain.
And this would be even sooner for your messages if you happen to pique the interest of the NSA, as they can turn some number of conventional supercomputers to the task.
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