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What is it?
Classical Computers run on a system of 1's and 0's. The binary system has worked wonderfully since we had computers however we are getting to the point where there is a spacial limitation on how many we can use on a computer. Quantum computing is the way we hope to solve this issue. Through the power of the Qubits, superposition, and entanglement, Quantum computing is showing major feasibility of becoming a functional option for solving the world's toughest problems, but at a cost. Being able to solve these problems faster comes with its own problem: its implications on encryption.
How does it affect encryption?
Encryption takes the values of a piece of data and jumbles them up to make them not useful to others unless they have to key to put it back together. Classical Computers cannot compute fast enough to guess the key in any realistic time frame but Quantum computing is proving to be a contender in breaking common encryption methods.
Classical Computers run on a system of 1's and 0's. The binary system has worked wonderfully since we had computers however we are getting to the point where there is a spacial limitation on how many we can use on a computer. Quantum computing is the way we hope to solve this issue. Through the power of the Qubits, superposition, and entanglement, Quantum computing is showing major feasibility of becoming a functional option for solving the world's toughest problems, but at a cost. Being able to solve these problems faster comes with its own problem: its implications on encryption.
How does it affect encryption?
Encryption takes the values of a piece of data and jumbles them up to make them not useful to others unless they have to key to put it back together. Classical Computers cannot compute fast enough to guess the key in any realistic time frame but Quantum computing is proving to be a contender in breaking common encryption methods.