Time Running Out for Public Key Encryption 300
holy_calamity writes "Two research teams have independently made quantum computers that run the prime-number-factorising Shor's algorithm — a significant step towards breaking public key cryptography. Most of the article is sadly behind a pay-wall, but a blog post at the New Scientist site nicely explains how the algorithm works. From the blurb: 'The advent of quantum computers that can run a routine called Shor's algorithm could have profound consequences. It means the most dangerous threat posed by quantum computing - the ability to break the codes that protect our banking, business and e-commerce data - is now a step nearer reality. Adding to the worry is the fact that this feat has been performed by not one but two research groups, independently of each other. One team is led by Andrew White at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and the other by Chao-Yang Lu of the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei.'"
That is nothing (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I'm not sure how big of a deal this is. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I'm not sure how big of a deal this is. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah, but... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More like the Chinese gov (Score:5, Funny)
sigh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the end (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:I'm not sure how big of a deal this is. (Score:3, Funny)
From the account of witnesses, Police believe the man may be traveling inside a box and there is a possibility he is now dead, and alive.
Re:More like the Chinese gov (Score:5, Funny)
Jet Li.
Re:That is nothing (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More like the Chinese gov (Score:5, Funny)
Think of it Marty. No more rich people, no more poor people, everybody's the same
Brain's Alzheimer disease algorithm. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:post-quantum cryptography (Score:3, Funny)
I will be passing all my public keys through two slits and keeping one of them under observation at all times from now on. That should keep me safe from quantum computers.
Naw (Score:0, Funny)
Re:why? (Score:4, Funny)
Hmm. I see what you mean.
Re:More like the Chinese gov (Score:3, Funny)
Re:That is nothing (Score:2, Funny)