- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
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Having in mind we are not even close to breaking classical cryptography with quantum computing I doubt this was their best investment of time
There are nation states just straight up intercepting and storing signal data on their networks in hopes that it can be decrypted in the future. 20 year old messages will still be useful.
Also known as Harvest now, decrypt later. And it’s a serious security threats that Signal must consider and handle
It’s future-proofing. It means my messages are not only safe today but, even if they are intercepted or leaked somehow, will also be safe in the future.
Lol, it shows the hype quantum computing has sold and how detached the public thought is about it from reality.
I’m friends with two quantum computing researchers and they are pretty sure quantum computing will never be a practical application because of how the noise and errors scale with the system size.
The quantum computing hype is really annoying but we don’t know the future. One day there might be a breakthrough in noise reduction. I’d rather signal have post-quantum cryptography and not need it than get blindsided if there is suddenly a qc that can break rsa with shor. Not to mention intelligence agencies doing store now/decrypt later stuff.