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Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption (www.newscientist.com)

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Mathematician warns NSA may be weakening next-gen encryption::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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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

True, and a good social engineering hack will get you wonders quite often.

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I hate the term social engineering. The only reason that social engineering is an issue is because security has gotten so good, that now people are the low hanging fruit.

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