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Intel 'Downfall': Severe flaw in billions of CPUs leaks passwords and much more (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3115044

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Just wait for quantum computers to take off, our current encryption can be broken with them

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

our current public key encryption will be broken. symmetric encryption will be fine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but just think of all the work that needs redoing to the encryption systems around the world.

Also someone could intercept and save data that has been encrypted with our standard method now and wait for quantum computing to crack it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

*NSA data centers have entered the chat *

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