The NSA's trying to build a quantum computer than can crack any encryption

[Jeroen1322]

Why do they still exist? 

 

 

http://gizmodo.com/the-nsas-trying-to-build-a-quantum-computer-so-it-can-1493410244

[miyabwah]

The NSA is trying to get all up in yo pants.

[TheSLSAMG]

The NSA can go suck a fat one. I am done with my country.

[Andrew48]

I am getting NSA paranoid !!!!

[mr moose]

So, the movie industry is trying to control the net, the NSA is trying to control the net, the end user has to pay for it and gets nothing but controlled.  Sounds like the land of the free to  me. :rolleyes:

[T.Vengeance]

The NSA's new mission statement should be changed to: Hacking into security, one computer at a time.

[Nineshadow]

Quantum computer?

NSA's so low.I thought they would come up with something way better!

[AlwaysFSX]

Choke on a chode government.. jesus...

[Nineshadow]

The program's named "Penetrating Hard Targets".

I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!

 

The Washington Post just published details of the program, codenamed "Penetrating Hard Targets"

[Hans Christian | Teri]

To expect anything else than that would be absolutely ridiculous. Come on guys, everyone else is doing it too, the only reason you're seeing this posted as news is because NSA has been under so much flak lately. What the hell do you think every other country's intelligence agencies are doing? Sitting on their flat asses doing nothing?

[tedjani]

there is nothing to say to that so FUCK IT

[mr moose]

To expect anything else than that would be absolutely ridiculous. Come on guys, everyone else is doing it too, the only reason you're seeing this posted as news is because NSA has been under so much flak lately. What the hell do you think every other country's intelligence agencies are doing? Sitting on their flat asses doing nothing?

governments spying on governments and military is one thing, and I fully endorse that. But to be able to spy on private citizens that are not suspect or linked to anything illegal is going a bit far.

[Blue fellow]

....we're getting mad at an intelligence agency for....cracking codes?  :wacko:

 

I hate what the NSA's been doing as much as anyone else, but I cannot see how this story is bad. If anything it's a good push for quantum computing. 

[Hans Christian | Teri]

governments spying on governments and military is one thing, and I fully endorse that. But to be able to spy on private citizens that are not suspect or linked to anything illegal is going a bit far.

 

Are you seriously saying that you think the US government is going to spend $80 million dollars to try and break the encryption of your harddrive? Oh wait, that's right, 99% of normal consumers doesn't even know what encryption is, and they sure as hell are not encrypting their data.

[mr moose]

Are you seriously saying that you think the US government is going to spend $80 million dollars to try and break the encryption of your harddrive? Oh wait, that's right, 99% of normal consumers doesn't even know what encryption is, and they sure as hell are not encrypting their data.

Have not all the latest news articles been pointing to them collecting data on their own civilians, storing information from everyday people (like phone records) now they want to build a computer with the specific task of hacking encrypted information.  I did not say they wanted to hack my hard drive, but what's to say they won't use it to get into emails, phone records, bank details etc? Nothing, but that's the way the wind is blowing.

[Blue fellow]

Have not all the latest news articles been pointing to them collecting data on their own civilians, storing information from everyday people (like phone records) now they want to build a computer with the specific task of hacking encrypted information.  I did not say they wanted to hack my hard drive, but what's to say they won't use it to get into emails, phone records, bank details etc? Nothing, but that's the way the wind is blowing.

 

Governments have been building machines and hiring mathematicians to break encryption for a looooooong time...

[mr moose]

Governments have been building machines and hiring mathematicians to break encryption for a looooooong time...

yes,  and with the introduction of quantum computing heuristic scanning of encrypted information becomes so much easier that they can turn their attention to the common citizens. and for them given that this is the way they seem to want to head, they can look a more than just phone records, they can search emails, bank details, forum pm's, game server information. 

[TopWargamer]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-seeks-to-build-quantum-computer-that-could-crack-most-types-of-encryption/2014/01/02/8fff297e-7195-11e3-8def-a33011492df2_story.html?tid=sm_fb

 

This just in, in more NSA news this week.

 

According to documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the effort to build “a cryptologically useful quantum computer” — a machine exponentially faster than classical computers — is part of a $79.7 million research program titled, “Penetrating Hard Targets.” Much of the work is hosted under classified contracts at a laboratory in College Park.

 

I'm not even sure what to say about this other than the usual "The NSA is bad and they shouldn't be doing this." thing. I'm more disappointed and angry than anything.

[Tmh85]

Surprise surprise...

[SSOB]

Another NSA threath , tech news nowadays is like 25% NSA lol.

[SSOB]

Wait somebody has to make CPU's for that , EVIL INTEL@@@

[Jeroen1322]

Waaay ahead of ya  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/96768-the-nsas-trying-to-build-a-quantum-computer-than-can-crack-any-encryption/

[DudeWazap]

Waaay ahead of ya  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/96768-the-nsas-trying-to-build-a-quantum-computer-than-can-crack-any-encryption/

You beat @TopWargamer that should be an achievement. haha

[juretrn]

Anyone read Digital Fortress by Dan Brown?

It's exactly the same. 

[Jeroen1322]

You beat @TopWargamer that should be an achievement. haha

Where is my emblem?