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+-   Time running out for public key encryption on Thursday September 13 2007, @10:06AM holy_calamity

Submitted by holy_calamity on Thursday September 13 2007, @10:06AM
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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 this free blog post nicely explains how the algorithm works."
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