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Re:The U.S. National Academies Reports on the Prospects for ... by klyrs on Sunday December 16, 2018 @02:51AM (#18692205)
Ironic that news about "quantum computers" which so often overlook other schemes will often be accompanied by an image of a D-Wave chip and sample holder...
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Re:The U.S. National Academies Reports on the Prospects for ... by klyrs on Sunday December 16, 2018 @02:59AM (#18692222)
In fairness; breaking real crypto on D-Wave's hardware is still a very very long way off -- IIRC factoring 16 bits is plausible but still quite optimistic
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