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Encryption Won't Survive Quantum Computing: What to Do? (opens in new tab)

Every time you open your banking app, send a private message, or log into your company's systems, a math problem is standing between your data and the rest of the world. A very specific kind of math problem, one that takes thousands of years to solve, even for the fastest computers we have today. Here is the uncomfortable truth: quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, that math problem gets solved in hours. The lock breaks. Everything behind it becomes readable.

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