I was watching a WW2 documentary yesterday and learned Nazi Germany’s encryption had already been (mostly) cracked by the time they entered the war, which (don’t quote me) significantly influenced the outcome of the war. They thought their communications were encrypted, but that was a false belief.
It got me thinking. Once someone truly does break current gen encryption via quantum or otherwise, how much time would go by before it is made known to the public that the encryption is broken?
It seems the safest path forward is to assume encryption is broken and move to post-quantum crypto before we “need” to.
It got me thinking. Once someone truly does break current gen encryption via quantum or otherwise, how much time would go by before it is made known to the public that the encryption is broken?
It seems the safest path forward is to assume encryption is broken and move to post-quantum crypto before we “need” to.