☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 20 hours agoChina's first photonic quantum computer factory breaks ground in Shenzhenwww.sz.gov.cnexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkChina's first photonic quantum computer factory breaks ground in Shenzhenwww.sz.gov.cn☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarelurker_supreme [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agoI read something about them being able to crack encryption once they’re powerful enough? This was years ago tho
minus-squareblobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoWhich is why there is a big focus on post-quantum cryptography so that by the point they’re practical to use for that, nobody will be using quantum-computer-vulnerable algorithms. https://blogs.oracle.com/security/post/post-quantum-cryptography
minus-squarezipper [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·16 hours agostill true but setting quantum computers up is a pain in the ass
I read something about them being able to crack encryption once they’re powerful enough? This was years ago tho
Which is why there is a big focus on post-quantum cryptography so that by the point they’re practical to use for that, nobody will be using quantum-computer-vulnerable algorithms.
https://blogs.oracle.com/security/post/post-quantum-cryptography
still true but setting quantum computers up is a pain in the ass