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Re:Hacking Bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen by Thorrez on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:18PM (#27498920)
That requires a MITM. A typical cybercriminal isn't in a position to MITM me. But every cybercriminal on the internet is in a position to steal my bitcoins (if they can break bitcoin crypto).
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Re:Hacking Bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen by nothasan on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:36PM (#27499012)
It’s not just cybercriminals who want to MITM. There are nation states who have been tapping fiber optic cables for a long time.
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Re:Hacking Bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen by haimez on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:36AM (#27499350)
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf

If you have a mossad problem, big integers were never going to save you from that before or indeed, after QC.

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Re:Hacking Bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen by riffraff on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:18AM (#27499252)
Sure but the average nation state does not need to steal my bitcoins.

OTOH the typical cybercriminal wouldn't have access to quantum computers for a while so this is a pretty unscary prospect either way, for now.

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