Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process
  • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    peer reviewed properly

    Is the important bit here. The timeline from that Wikipedia article shows it was published in 2005 and work disproving it’s claim came around in 2006.

    If a scientists work is retracted it really kills any more funding they receive. They use examples like the DRBG one as what not to be.