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MIT’s Peter Shor explains why he devised an algorithm for a quantum computer that could unravel our online data encryption. Internet security relies on the fact that our computers can’t break ...

Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with a set of new encryption algorithms that can withstand future attacks from quantum computers in a move aimed at jump-starting what’s likely to be the most ...

A new study shows that quantum technology will catch up with today’s encryption standards much sooner than expected. That should worry anybody who needs to store data securely for 25 years or so.

For example, it is easy to calculate 61*71 and hard to calculate the integer factors of 4331. However, ff I tell you that one of the factors of 4331 is 61, then it is easy for you to calculate the ...