Non ho mai capito se questa cosa del quantum computing come minaccia alla crittografia va presa sul serio o se è la solita manovra di behavioral confirmation per accreditarsi e prendere fondi. Non solo il web, ma tutta la crittografia attuale sarebbe una specie di cassaforte a tempo. <http://fortune.com/2018/12/15/quantum-computer-security-encryption/> Inside the stark and sweeping Eero Saarinen-styled exterior <https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYj-NMHNoH/> of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, IBM’s blue jeans-wearing boffins are assembling a new generation of super-powered computers built on quantum mechanical principles. These otherworldly machines dangle from sturdy, metal frames, looking like golden chandeliers, or robotic beehives. The devices perform their magical-seeming operations inside vacuum-sealed, super-cooled refrigerator encasements. It’s a technology that combines both brains and beauty. Future iterations of these quantum computers will be able to solve mathematical problems ordinary computers have no hope of computing <https://www.quantamagazine.org/finally-a-problem-that-only-quantum-computers...>. They will vastly speed up classical calculations, accurately model complex natural phenomena like chemical reactions, and open as yet unexplored frontiers for scientific inquiry. Despite seeming arcane, machines like these will touch every aspect of our lives—from drug discovery to digital security. [...]