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Re:Quantum Attack on Public-Key Algorithm by glomph on Saturday December 06, 2014 @03:37PM (#8710111)
Wouldn't this require quantum computing to be developed relatively gradually and in the open? Seems likely that a gov or company will suddenly reveal it or have it exposed.
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Re:Quantum Attack on Public-Key Algorithm by api on Saturday December 06, 2014 @04:32PM (#8710289)
Sudden, catastrophic leak of an operational QC would definitely be a cryptogeddon scenario.
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