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Re:The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing by ams6110 on Thursday October 04, 2012 @06:44PM (#4614811)
But would new forms of currently-infeasible encryption become possible at the same time? Many forms of encryption have fallen over the years as technology and mathematics have advanced; while at the same time better encryption methods have been developed.
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Re:The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing by dyeje on Saturday October 06, 2012 @11:35PM (#4622528)
Oh, of course. The dance between defense and offense will continue as usual. However, there may be a window of time where a lot of services are left vulnerable in the transition.
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