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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?

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In 1994, a Bell Labs mathematician named Peter Shor cooked up an algorithm with frightening potential. By vastly reducing the computing resources required to factor large numbers—to break them down into their multiples, like reducing 15 to 5 and 3—Shor’s algorithm threatened to upend many of our most popular methods of encryption.

Period8/07/2022

In 1994, a Bell Labs mathematician named Peter Shor cooked up an algorithm with frightening potential. By vastly reducing the computing resources required to factor large numbers—to break them down into their multiples, like reducing 15 to 5 and 3—Shor’s algorithm threatened to upend many of our most popular methods of encryption.

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TitleWill These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?
Degree of recognitionInternational
Media name/outletWired
Primary Media typeWeb
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
Date8/07/22
DescriptionQuantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
PersonsRobert Young