Re: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-04 Thread Johan Wevers
On 04-01-2014 0:07, Filip M. Nowak wrote: “The irony of quantum computing is that if you can imagine someone building a quantum computer that can break encryption a few decades into the future, then you need to be worried right now,” Lidar said. [1] There exists already quantum-computing

Re: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-04 Thread Esteban Monge
2014/1/4 Johan Wevers joh...@vulcan.xs4all.nl On 04-01-2014 0:07, Filip M. Nowak wrote: “The irony of quantum computing is that if you can imagine someone building a quantum computer that can break encryption a few decades into the future, then you need to be worried right now,” Lidar

Re: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-04 Thread Filip M. Nowak
On 04.01.2014 12:48, Esteban Monge wrote: 2014/1/4 Johan Wevers joh...@vulcan.xs4all.nl mailto:joh...@vulcan.xs4all.nl On 04-01-2014 0:07, Filip M. Nowak wrote: “The irony of quantum computing is that if you can imagine someone building a quantum computer that can

Re: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-04 Thread Atom Smasher
On Sat, 4 Jan 2014, Filip M. Nowak wrote: if you can imagine someone building a quantum computer that can break encryption a few decades into the future, then you need to be worried right now worried? probably not. concerned? maybe. planning ahead? probably.

Re: NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-04 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Filip M. Nowak gn...@oneiroi.net wrote: On 04.01.2014 12:48, Esteban Monge wrote: 2014/1/4 Johan Wevers joh...@vulcan.xs4all.nl mailto:joh...@vulcan.xs4all.nl On 04-01-2014 0:07, Filip M. Nowak wrote: “The irony of quantum computing is that if you

NSA seeks to build quantum computer that could crack most types of encryption

2014-01-03 Thread Filip M. Nowak
Hi all. Nothing new actually, but this is nice point: “The irony of quantum computing is that if you can imagine someone building a quantum computer that can break encryption a few decades into the future, then you need to be worried right now,” Lidar said. [1] [1]