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Cryptographer warns public key cryptography could be lost

Original: I think we might lose public key cryptography

Matthew Green, a well-known cryptographer at Johns Hopkins, warned that public key cryptography may be at risk of breaking, a warning widely shared online. Public key systems underpin HTTPS, messaging encryption and digital signatures, so losing them would undermine most internet security. Discussion centres on quantum computing advances and whether migration to post-quantum algorithms will happen in time.

Why now: Fears that quantum computing advances could soon break the encryption the internet depends on.

Matthew GreenJohns Hopkins Universitypublic key cryptography

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