floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChinese scientists hack military grade encryption on quantum computer: paperwww.scmp.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoThe article says they hit AES, which doesn’t make much sense. Block ciphers aren’t vulnerable to QC in the same way as public key crypto. Even so far as Grover’s Algorithm would help at all, it’s far from being practical.
The article says they hit AES, which doesn’t make much sense. Block ciphers aren’t vulnerable to QC in the same way as public key crypto. Even so far as Grover’s Algorithm would help at all, it’s far from being practical.