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Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

www.newscientist.com

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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

www.newscientist.com

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process

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NIST is notorious for this.

Skipjack

DES

SIKE

Unless there’s an international consensus, anything NIST certifies is suspect.

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