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by esperent 973 days ago
That's assuming classical computers though, right? What about future quantum computing developments?
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I guess it depends on the algorithm they chose, HChaCha20 is the symmetric encryption algorithm for libsodium.js which is quantum resistant.

https://doc.libsodium.org/secret-key_cryptography/secretstre...

https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/79518/is-xchacha2...

Most if not all symmetric encryption is quantum resistant though (with a large enough key). Quantum computing only causes problems for asymmetric algorithms that involve factorisation iirc
The key words here are "brute force" -- there might be some [possibly quantum] techniques around it, but probabilities around guessing and checking an arbitrary number remain constant.