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Post-quantum cryptography PQC

Security På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

Encryption algorithms that withstand attacks from future quantum computers — RSA and ECC are not quantum-safe.

NIST standardised in 2024: Kyber (key exchange), Dilithium (signature). "Harvest now, decrypt later" — attackers collect encrypted traffic today to read once quantum computers are powerful enough. Cloudflare and Google are rolling out PQC.

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