Quantum Computer Comes Closer to Cracking RSA Encryption

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“RSA is used everywhere,” says Matthew Green, a computer scientist who specializes in cryptography at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute. “Every time you make a web connection you're probably using RSA encryption. Whenever you send a text message on an iPhone, you're using RSA

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