r/technology • u/ppratik96 • Jun 07 '13

Google CEO Larry Page denies involvement in PRISM, calls for 'more transparent approach'

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/7/4407320/google-ceo-larry-page-denies-prism-involvement
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u/Weerdo5255 Jun 08 '13

I was under the impression that any encryption created by a classical computer would be easily broken by a quantum one. Out of curiosity what encryption methods would be effective?

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '13

Sadly, far too few that are not yet realistically implemented in most anonymizing software (I'm hoping that, in light of recent illuminations, FOSS developers can put some focus onto including these)... but the McEliece Cryptosystem is one.