GPG's vulnerability to quantum cryptography

MFPA 2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-groups at riseup.net
Tue May 13 20:57:02 CEST 2014


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Hi


On Tuesday 13 May 2014 at 5:03:03 PM, in
<mid:de592877dc22eb2aad4beffad7a818e9.squirrel at lelantoss7bcnwbv.onion>,
David Q. wrote:


> GPG encrypted data (using RSA) can be collected today
> and easily decrypted after 50-100 years using a quantum
> computer.

I'm not likely to be alive by then.



> Why do you keep
> using GPG, knowing that your data may easily end up out
> in the open on Google or The Pirate Bay a few decades
> from now?

It's better than not using GPG, and knowing things could easily be in
the open a few *hours* from now.


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