Cryptography Engineer Updates Quantum Computing Timeline Assessment, Urges Faster Adoption of Quantum-Resistant Cryptography
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Summary
A cryptography engineer explains their changed position on quantum computing timelines, stating that recent public progress from Google and other sources has significantly increased the urgency for implementing quantum-resistant cryptography. The author argues that the risk of cryptographically-relevant quantum computers emerging within the next few years is now high enough to be dispositive, requiring immediate action on post-quantum cryptography adoption.
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There had been rumors for a while of expected and unexpected progress towards cryptographically-relevant quantum computers, but over the last week we got two public instances of it.
First, Google published a paper revising down dramatically the estimated number of logical qubits and gat
The risk that cryptographically-relevant quantum computers materialize within the next few years is now high enough to be dispositive, unfortunately.
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