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How Safe is a Quantum-Safe Virtual Private Network?
Verizon said the Virtual Private Network technology "enhances encryption methodologies today in order to make them even more difficult to hack tomorrow."
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Verizon said it is testing how a quantum-safe virtual private network (VPN) can enhance the protection of data now in order to thwart hackers in the future. As quantum computers become more advanced, they will have the potential to break today's public key encryption ciphers.=
"Theoretically, hackers could capture data riding on networks today and store it until quantum computers have the power to break the encryption. It's a little like stealing a bank safe today and holding on to it until someone discovers how to pick the lock,'' the carrier said in a statement. Verizon and others believe the key to safeguarding information will be a quantum-safe VPN.
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