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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3115044

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[–] Weslee 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just wait for quantum computers to take off, our current encryption can be broken with them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

our current public key encryption will be broken. symmetric encryption will be fine

[–] Weslee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but just think of all the work that needs redoing to the encryption systems around the world.

Also someone could intercept and save data that has been encrypted with our standard method now and wait for quantum computing to crack it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

*NSA data centers have entered the chat *

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

absolutely. a lot of currently in use public key schemes may be broken with those. more recently there have been a few newer algorithm such as kyber that do have a chance to hold. think NIST is also holding a bit of a competition, but dont quote me on that. i really dont know alot about post-quantum crypto

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'll see your quantum computers and raise you electronic analog computers.