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by nothasan 1830 days ago
It’s not just cybercriminals who want to MITM. There are nation states who have been tapping fiber optic cables for a long time.
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https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf

If you have a mossad problem, big integers were never going to save you from that before or indeed, after QC.

Sure but the average nation state does not need to steal my bitcoins.

OTOH the typical cybercriminal wouldn't have access to quantum computers for a while so this is a pretty unscary prospect either way, for now.