The Quanta PodcastQuantum Mechanics Might Be a Secret Key to Secure Communication

Quantum Computers Break Today’s Locks

11:58–12:37 · 39s

Ben explains that widely used public-key cryptography hinges on math problems that quantum computers can solve easily, upending internet security—and notes the ironic dual role of quantum physics.

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