https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Spolier-alert-for-quot-Avengers-Endgame-quot-and-quantum/m-p/21759#M2676 <P>(This isn't exactly "industry" news, but that's the only news we've got, so ...)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Somebody over at IT World is equating the <A href="https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/how-avengers-endgame-can-teach-us-about-quantum-computings-threat-to-encryption/417338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">end-of-encryption-as-we-know-it-due-to-quantum-computing with the time travel plot</A> in the new "Avengers: Endgame" movie.&nbsp; And that time travel makes for pretty good decryption, since you can go back in time to before the plaintext was encrypted.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Yeah, I'd say they are equivalent.&nbsp; Equally improbable ...</P> Wed, 01 May 2019 19:10:13 GMT rslade 2019-05-01T19:10:13Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Spolier-alert-for-quot-Avengers-Endgame-quot-and-quantum/m-p/21759#M2676 <P>(This isn't exactly "industry" news, but that's the only news we've got, so ...)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Somebody over at IT World is equating the <A href="https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/how-avengers-endgame-can-teach-us-about-quantum-computings-threat-to-encryption/417338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">end-of-encryption-as-we-know-it-due-to-quantum-computing with the time travel plot</A> in the new "Avengers: Endgame" movie.&nbsp; And that time travel makes for pretty good decryption, since you can go back in time to before the plaintext was encrypted.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Yeah, I'd say they are equivalent.&nbsp; Equally improbable ...</P> Wed, 01 May 2019 19:10:13 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Spolier-alert-for-quot-Avengers-Endgame-quot-and-quantum/m-p/21759#M2676 rslade 2019-05-01T19:10:13Z