https://jvq.net/tags/encryption/ Recent content in Encryption on JVQ.net: Just Very Quick Hugo en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/quantum-computers-are-halfway-to-breaking-encryption/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/quantum-computers-are-halfway-to-breaking-encryption/ <p>Two research teams published findings saying we&rsquo;re closer than anyone expected. One estimate puts the current largest quantum machine at more than halfway to the size needed to crack the encryption that secures basically everything online.</p> <p>&ldquo;Just around the corner&rdquo; is relative. But this moved from &ldquo;eventual theoretical problem&rdquo; to &ldquo;timeline question&rdquo; faster than most people were tracking.</p> <p>What happens to all the data that&rsquo;s been harvested now, to be decrypted later? That&rsquo;s the uncomfortable part of this.</p>