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The only good thing about 'AI' is that no-one is talking about the fucking metaverse anymore... (feddit.uk)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It only breaks asymmetric encryption like SSL and PGP. The strength of symmetric encryption, like you have with password protected files and drive volumes, is reduced somewhat but should still be more than sufficient.

And like the other commenter said, there are asymmetric algorithms that are quantum-safe, they just aren't in widespread use (though apparently just this year NIST announced a standard for lattice based cryptography).