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Can Quantum Computers Break the Internet? Secret Messages and Modern Cryptography

 
When you open a secure website, send a message or pay for something online, invisible mathematical processes help protect what happens between your device and another computer. This lesson asks: could a future quantum computer break the mathematical protection used by today’s internet, and what are scientists and engineers doing about it?

Quantum processor protecting a digital network with cryptographic symbols

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