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mvkelyesterday at 11:45 PM2 repliesview on HN

They absolutely are. NSA is obsessed with post-quantum projects atm


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GrilledChipstoday at 1:05 AM

tbh they could just be pushing for people to adopt newer, less-tested, weaker algorithms. switch from something battle-hardened to the QuantResist2000 algorithm which they've figured out how to break with lattice reduction and a couple of GPUs like those minecraft guys did.

tyreyesterday at 11:56 PM

But is this because they are already needed or because they want to preserve encryption for past and present data post-quantum?

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