quantum-proof

present singular third person quantum-proofs · participle present quantum-proofing · participle past quantum-proofed · past quantum-proofed

1. To make quantum-resistant ("unable to be easily deciphered by a quantum computer").

   All this means that quantum-proofing the internet is shaping up to be an expensive, protracted and probably incomplete job.

   2019 October 20, “Quantum computers will break the encryption that protects the internet”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2022

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   Finally, enterprises should implement a migration path to begin quantum-proofing their existing technology and retiring technology not built to support post-quantum algorithms.

   2022 November 2, David Mahdi, “How Enterprises Can Avoid Lasting Damage From The 'Quantum Apocalypse'”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2022

   The US National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of evaluating new encryption systems that could be rolled out to quantum-proof the internet.

   2023 February 22, Tom Simonite, Sophia Chen, “The WIRED Guide to Quantum Computing”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023

comparative more quantum-proof · superlative most quantum-proof

1. Synonym of quantum-resistant (“unable to be easily deciphered by a quantum computer”).

   Quantum-proof encryption uses algorithms that cannot be cracked by any computer, regardless of how fast it is.

   2019 October 31, Wayne Rash, “Quantum Computing Poses An Existential Security Threat, But Not Today”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2022

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   Researchers and government intelligence agencies are scrambling to develop quantum-proof encryption techniques, but figuring out how to export these techniques to the uniquely hostile space environment has proven difficult.

   2017 June 15, Daniel Oberhaus, “China's Quantum Satellite Sent Entangled Photons to Earth for the First Time”, in VICE, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022

   In the UK, all government data classified as "top secret" is already "post-quantum" - that is, using new forms of encryption which researchers hope will be quantum-proof.

   2022 February 27, Frank Gardner, “What is the quantum apocalypse and should we be scared?”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2023

   Synonyms: quantum-resistant