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Re:Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn'... by znpy on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:06AM (#18552574)
quantum computing, maybe?
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Re:Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn'... by swyea on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:26AM (#18552798)
I still haven't seen any applications of qc, one day...
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Re:Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn'... by brador on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:12PM (#18553292)
Breaking common encryption is the usually cited use case.
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Re:Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn'... by earenndil on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:24PM (#18553396)
Maybe, but it doesn't look like quantum computers are yet able to break any form of encryption.
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Re:Ask HN: What is technologically possible today that wasn'... by swyea on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:57PM (#18553824)
that's still theoretical IIRC
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