Stefan Mileschin

Reality gets entangled by uncertain quantum kittens

While boffins are cheering having made a major breakthrough in understanding and harnessing the principle of quantum entanglement, this does not come without risks a quantum cryptography expert has warned.

Quantum computers stand to render valueless the existing cryptographic algorithms that underlie all computing systems including those for finance, communication, transportation, commerce, manufacturing, and logistics, a potential consequence so severe it is referred to as the Quantum Apocalypse.

To stave off the Quantum Apocalypse, industry, academics, and government are working together to test and roll out a whole new set of cryptographic standards that can serve our production needs without being vulnerable to quantum computing. These new algorithms need to be in place in the next few years, well before quantum entanglement-based computing stands any chance of becoming a reality.

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