The biggest threat posed by quantum computers may be impossible to defend against.
Meta engineers recently issued a stark warning: “The Quantum Apocalypse is coming.”
What they’re referring to, according to a recently published podcast and accompanying blog post, is the threat of quantum decryption. This is an impending technological inflection point where quantum computers become capable of cracking standard encryption.
This danger would threaten banks, satellites, military weapon systems, telecommunications centers, blockchains, cryptocurrency exchanges and any other system that uses standard encryption techniques.
