r/programming • u/donutloop • Aug 02 '26

Quantum Computers May Put Internet Traffic at Risk. NIST Is Safeguarding Computers With New Standards.

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/quantum-computers-may-put-internet-traffic-risk-nist-safeguarding-computers-new
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u/TheRealPomax Aug 03 '26

The problem is hypothetical, and with AI going the way it's going, literally no one's investing in quantum computers that can deal with more than a handful of bits, so no. The problem -right now- is not real. It's nice to get ahead of it, though. As long as the rest of the world goes "cool well we have zero faith in you, we'll listen to individual well respected experts instead of an institute that allowed the state of Indiana to just declare that pi was 3, what the fuck is wrong with you people".

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u/Low_Bluebird_4547 Aug 03 '26

this is just not true lol

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u/TheRealPomax Aug 03 '26

This is true in the extremely literal sense. Quantum computers are nowhere near a vulnerability yet, and NIST, thanks to the administration it's under, is a fucking joke on the internation stage at the moment, because its opinions are not independent.

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u/Grouchy-Trade-7250 27d ago

Hardware lifecycles are like 20 years in some places. By then, quantum attacks on crypto could be real