08-07-2016 13:09 via indianexpress.com

Google tinkers with Chrome cryptography to counter future quantum attacks

Google operates a quantum computer with NASA, called D-Wave
Google has started experimenting on methods to protect Chrome against security threat posed by quantum computers in the future with post-quantum cryptography, says a security blog post from the search giant.
The study of cryptographic primitives that will remain secure even against quantum computers is called “post-quantum cryptography”. Google is experimenting with their servers and Chrome to use a post-quantum key-exc
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