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To understand the difference between quantum cryptography and post-quantum cryptography, it’s helpful to go back in time: In the early 1990s, Peter Shor of AT&T Bell Laboratories discovered an ...

Messaging apps like iMessage, WhatsApp, and Signal are implementing quantum-safe encryption to protect chats from future quantum computers. Apple has implemented this encryption in iMessage, and ...

Cryptography puts the “crypto” in cryptocurrency. It has existed much longer than our digital age and has evolved like languages over the centuries. One of the most famous uses was developed by Julius ...

The PQC algorithm is designed based on mathematical problems that are extremely difficult to solve not only with current classical computers, but also with future quantum computers, aiming to counter ...

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What do the Gallic Wars and online shopping have in common? The answer, believe it or not, is cryptography. Cryptography is the cement of the digital world, but it also has a long history that ...

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When it comes to securing data, it is not too early to start anticipating the future threat of quantum computing. Today’s cryptographic technology based on elliptic curves will not withstand the ...

The basics of post-quantum cryptography. Why we need post-quantum cryptography (PQC). What’s being done to develop it before quantum computers arrive. The term quantum computing brings images of ...