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The government unveils its quantum counter-weapons (www.politico.com)
submitted 10 months ago by MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has finally published the world’s first three official post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, tools designed to protect key systems against future quantum computers powerful enough to crack any code generated by a modern computer.

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[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

NIST has usually pretty good guidelines. Seems like a nice addition to me.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Would be good if the title detailed which government. There are hundreds.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, "The government". So descriptive. The UK government, no doubt.

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

ooooh quantum