• SmokeyDope@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      5 months ago

      The point in time after the first qbit based supercomputers transitioned from theoretical abstraction to physical proven reality. Thus opening up the can-of-worms of feasabily cracking classical cryptographic encryptions like an egg within human acceptable time frames instead of longer-than-the-universes-lifespan timeframes… Thanks, superposition probability based parallel computations.

    • InnerScientist@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 months ago

      From Wikipedia:

      Post-quantum cryptography, sometimes referred to as quantum-proof, quantum-safe, or quantum-resistant, is the development of cryptographic algorithms that are currently thought to be secure against a cryptanalytic attack by a quantum computer.