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Re:India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arr... by api on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:34AM (#36113797)
Need a source on RSA 2048 being breakable. QC like that is still quite far off and it can’t be conventionally breakable unless there has been some kind of mathematical breakthrough.
Re:India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arr... by collsni on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:48AM (#36113923)
Re:India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arr... by dmbche on Monday May 29, 2023 @09:54AM (#36114000)
We're good! It's a risk assessment - nothing has been broken, but they propose that with a computer with these specs it could be done.

I wouldn't worry too much about encryption being easily broken soon.

Re:India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arr... by shagie on Monday May 29, 2023 @10:10AM (#36114157)
For those who worry about it, it isn't that it's broken soon, but that it will be broken within a timeframe that the data is still useful.

Veritasium : How Quantum Computers Break The Internet... Starting Now - https://youtu.be/-UrdExQW0cs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_now,_decrypt_later

Re:India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arr... by dmbche on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:36PM (#36115479)
I'm not sure what encrypted data produced today would be relevant in 40 years time? Thinking about how some cases can't be prosecuted since it's been too long since the offence