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Google: The feared Q-Day is now expected to happen in 2029
Google: The feared Q-Day is now expected to happen in 2029
Google has advanced its estimate of when current forms of encryption will become insecure. The moment is called Q-Day, or Quantum Day, when the computational power of quantum computers will be sufficient to break currently used encryptions. 25 Mar 2026
IBM: All current encryption methods will be broken instantly in 5 years' time
IBM: All current encryption methods will be broken "instantly" in 5 years' time
Quantum computers will break all modern encryption mechanisms instantly. 22 May 2018
Intel reveals a breakthrough in quantum computing
Intel reveals a breakthrough in quantum computing
While Intel has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons, perhaps excluding the collaboration with a long time rival AMD, to open ...... 10 Jan 2018 - 1 comment
WaPo: The NSA is working on a quantum computer that can crack any code
WaPo: The NSA is working on a quantum computer that can crack any code
According to Edward Snowden, the NSA is building a quantum computer that will crack any code and break any encryption, including what is used to protect medical, banking and military records. 04 Jan 2014
     

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