3 points | by doener 12 hours ago ago
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I dare say that if they were close to a practical capability, there is no way the Chinese government would allow them to publicise that fact.
Discussion (20 points, 3 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41810563
Including an interesting breakdown by @adrian_b of how the article jumps to conclusions not published in the paper.
> Chinese scientists use quantum computers to crack military-grade encryption
So they don't use plain MITM like the NSA. /s
I dare say that if they were close to a practical capability, there is no way the Chinese government would allow them to publicise that fact.
Discussion (20 points, 3 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41810563
Including an interesting breakdown by @adrian_b of how the article jumps to conclusions not published in the paper.
> Chinese scientists use quantum computers to crack military-grade encryption
So they don't use plain MITM like the NSA. /s