A programer shows a sample of decrypting source code in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. Photo: EPA
A programer shows a sample of decrypting source code in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. Photo: EPA

NSA says ‘no back doors’ in its new encryption scheme designed to thwart quantum computing

  • The National Security Agency is involved in parts of the process to ready new encryption standards for quantum computing, which could break existing standards
  • The Biden administration last week unveiled a plan to switch the US economy to quantum-resistant cryptography as much “as is feasible by 2035”

A programer shows a sample of decrypting source code in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. Photo: EPA
A programer shows a sample of decrypting source code in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 13, 2017. Photo: EPA
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