By Greg Satell
We’ll soon be entering the quantum era and the sensationalism has already begun. A recent Forbes article, for example, warns of the ability of quantum computers to crack even the most secure encryption. That sounds like a scary problem, and 
it is, but it’s also a very solvable problem. What the quantum era needs now is not fear-mongering, but understanding.
The Encryption Problem
The future of quantum computers is profoundly exciting, but it also comes with a catch. Cryptologists use the limitations of our current technology to keep our information and transactions secure. Once we are able to manage massive complexity with quantum computing, our present encryption standards will be rendered ineffective.
For example, as Jason Bloomberg wrote in the Forbes article mentioned above, “should the Russian government break all of our encryption before the US develops countermeasures, stolen elections will seem like small potatoes. Welcome to the cyber-battlefield of the 21st century.” That seems profoundly disturbing.
Read the entire article at https://medium.com/@digitaltonto/the-quantum-age-is-almost-upon-us-we-and-need-to-start-taking-it-seriously-7eec8796fe6d
