Posts report a quantum computer breaking a “15 bit encryption key,” state “15 bits…represents 32,000 possible combinations,” compare it to “3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock,” question the source (“Source?”), and include a nostr event id: nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmh…7gk9ft.
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"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
I knew there had to be an issue with the work since it was several orders of magnitude better than the best externally verified competition.
"I’ve had 2 replies thinking this means we’re cooked. This was supposed to explain the opposite, your pocket calculator is way more powerful than any quantum computer available today. nostr:nevent1qqs0smvqn9vjja76hf2zgtyx4dh5uvch8n57lml6mhg6gp47ugmwuagp9emhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0wpexjumd94u8ycte943x2ctrdahqvmyhqf"
Oligarchs = gøds, if people think P = NP.
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
Yeah, 15 bits is still a long way from 256. That being said, a 15 bit key - if truly arbitarily chosen - is starting to get my attention. ... also gotta say, though, that a company whose business it is to sell security from quantum offering prizes for supposed proof of vulnerabilities to quantum does smell a bit sus on the surface. I would expect to see pretty soon an impartial analysis of what was actually accomplished here. https://blog.projecteleven.com/posts/project-eleven-awards-1-btc-q-day-prize-for-largest-quantum-attack-on-elliptic-curve-cryptography-to-date
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
My wife changes the subject without telling me too 😂 And thanks for the heads up about computers hiding the binary, my 6809 hexpad input to code days 40 years ago, gave me the wrong impression clearly 😂 Have a nice day
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
Quantum computer, desktop calculator, pc, phone they all work in binary. They may hide it from you but the real work they do is always binary. That means that you can't apply decimal math to understanding scale differences inside a computer. It is intuitive to you, but you will be wrong. Short version, decimal math is inappropriate to use here and will arrive at incorrect answers.
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
What computer? I think you've totally misunderstood everything I'm saying, at a very fundamental level. And I'm not following why your discussing binary in my decimal explanation.
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
The computer doesn't care about decimal. Each additional bit doubles the possible space, 0 or 1. The decimal being 3x is irrelevant. We added 1 bit which means double the possible binary space to search to find the right answer.
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
Are we really discussing that a 4 digit padlock ranging from 0 to 9999 is not just slightly 3 times less than the decimal value to 15 bits in decimal which is 32,000 decimal. I think this highlights the need to clean base notation, which I discuss in my last whitepaper here: https://mikehardcastle.com/maths-whitepapers/
I’ve had 2 replies thinking this means we’re cooked. This was supposed to explain the opposite, your pocket calculator is way more powerful than any quantum computer available today. nostr:nevent1qqs0smvqn9vjja76hf2zgtyx4dh5uvch8n57lml6mhg6gp47ugmwuagp9emhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0wpexjumd94u8ycte943x2ctrdahqvmyhqf
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
The “so” is the point 👍
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
4 bits? You mean 4 digits (decimal) And source of what? Binary arithmetic, padlock types or a widely reported news story?
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
Brain fart. 4 digit pins are 14 bits not 4, mixing up cached math from my other posts. Still I don't think your math checks out because a standard padlock is also 4 digits aka 14 bits. 15 bits would be twice as hard not 3 times as hard as 14.
"This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft"
Source? Every debit card pin is 4 bits so that seems like a big deal if more repeatable than total random chance.
This, it has been widely reported that a quantum computer broke a 15 bit encryption key. 15 bits FYI represents 32,000 possible combinations. That’s 3 times harder than breaking a 4 digit padlock. nostr:nevent1qqsqqqqffrrtmhv7chxfrq27r3sraaxtmhl3320hq62h53ph5cdaa5spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmxd9k8getj9ehx7um5wgh8w6twv5pzqqgd7ry53l56k4xjedl2gg8l5zx409vfsxmw568g8248avka8uz6qvzqqqqqqy7gk9ft
Leaky Quantum Systems Still Generate Secure Encryption Keys Read more: https://quantumzeitgeist.com/leaky-quantum-key-distribution/
By 2030 the EU mandates quantum-safe encryption for all businesses. Most small businesses have no plan. $27 to fix that. #businessstrategy #quantumcomputing https://trustchainservices.com/quantum/
