Privacy News Online
  • PIA Homepage
  • Privacy News
    • Announcements
    • Censorship
    • Copyright
    • Cryptocurrency
    • Cybersecurity
    • Encryption
    • General Privacy News
    • Governments
    • Guides
    • Privacy News Online
    • Social Media
    • Surveillance
    • VPN
  • Authors
  • Contact

Search Results for: quantum

Welcome to the quantum Internet, with privacy guaranteed by the laws of physics

Posted on Sep 11, 2020 by Glyn Moody

Quantum computing is gradually moving from the realm of science – and even science fiction – to become a practical technology that is being used in real-life contexts. Three years…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Quantum Computing – Is the World of a Secure Internet Over?

Posted on Oct 24, 2018 by Derek Zimmer

The short answer: No. The long answer: Noooooooooooo. If you haven't had a primer on what a quantum computer is or does, Kurzgesagt has a fantastic crash course introduction here:…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

The race to save online privacy: what happens when quantum computers can break all our crypto?

Posted on Sep 25, 2017 by Glyn Moody

Although many people are well aware of the many threats to their privacy, there is an underlying assumption that the use of strong encryption will always be available to mitigate…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography (part 1)

Posted on Feb 6, 2019 by Derek Zimmer

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the round 2 candidates for post-quantum cryptography. What is post quantum cryptography? Post Quantum Cryptography is encryption that can resist…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Digital Signature Algorithms

Posted on Feb 27, 2019 by Derek Zimmer

We have been talking about the National Institute of Standards and Technologies' contest to find the most attractive new algorithms for quantum resistance. (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) In…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Asymmetric Algorithms (part 3)

Posted on Feb 20, 2019 by Derek Zimmer

In the first article of this series, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

NIST Round 2 and Post-Quantum Cryptography – The New Asymmetric Algorithms (part 2)

Posted on Feb 13, 2019 by Derek Zimmer

In the previous article, I wrote about the NIST Post-Quantum Competition and which ciphers advanced to the second round, meaning that they passed through basic scrutiny and were advanced based…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 18, 2020

Posted on Sep 18, 2020 by Caleb Chen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk8y0MutqW4 Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of September 18th, 2020 SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org lets you comment against Trump's "Censor the Internet" executive order Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future…

Categories: Privacy News Online

A Serious Concern About Post-Quantum Cryptography and Strength Targets

Posted on Mar 6, 2019 by Derek Zimmer

I have been writing a number of articles about the state of the NIST post-quantum cryptography competition, with short summaries on the projects and what they are all about. What…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News

Firefox Hardening Guide 2018

Posted on Sep 26, 2018 by Derek Zimmer

Purpose: This guide shows a user in an easy-to-follow way how to improve the privacy and security settings of Firefox, which, when combined with a privacy VPN, gives a user…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News
  Older Posts
VPN Service
Latest News
  • Defense Intelligence Agency gathered US smartphone location data without a warrant
  • TikTok tracks you even if you never made an account
  • Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 22, 2021
  • Tencent has been caught spying on your web browsing history with QQ Messenger
  • Is the GDPR finally going to get some teeth?

VPN Service

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Private Internet Access assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions in the content. The views expressed on this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Private Internet Access or any related or affiliated entities or persons.