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The way quantum computers are designed has advantages for solving near-impossible encryptions, Kulkarni said, which both excites and scares people in the industry and is leading to more interest in the area of post-quantum cryptography.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

If a communication system must be used to transmit top-secret information, it must be one of those developed by the government using highly secure encryptions developed especially for that purpose.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Quantum computers threaten existing algorithm-based encryptions, which currently secure data transfers against eavesdropping and surveillance.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

They used statistics to figure out what kinds of encryptions they were dealing with.

From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023

Known as hand ciphers, these encryptions could be very complex, which made them more secure.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield