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clocks212 t1_je77yr5 wrote

Reply to comment by throwaway_lmkg in ELI5: When a third party app says they offer "end to end encryption," what does that mean? by [deleted]

Keep in mind all major governments are sucking up that encrypted communication with the knowledge that one day the encryption keys will leak or the encryption can be broken or brute forced. If you’re a political dissident in China for example I wouldn’t count on that encrypted data to be encrypted forever.

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Kodekima t1_je8k6vo wrote

Quantum computing can break current encryption standards, but that isn't feasible for anyone except the most technologically superior APT. Also, quantum encryption methods exist specifically to mitigate the effects of encryption cracking.

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frzx1 t1_je99soi wrote

They're pretty cool, if you read about them. Most of them are lattice based and working in thousands of dimensions.

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