[esseph]

> Do we have reason to suspect Google and Cloudflare have inside knowledge about quantum computers?

Yes.

Both have internal global security orgs that are constantly communicating with other large companies and governments. If they are accelerating (as are others), it is a signal.

The reliability of that signal is up to the reader to determine.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/30/mic...

[loup-vaillant]

> Advances in quantum research and development have shifted the risk horizon. We believe cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than previously expected

Aaand, there’s no citation, no reference or link for further reading, no justification for the claim. Not the most reliable signal.

[esseph]

> Aaand, there’s no citation, no reference or link for further reading, no justification for the claim. Not the most reliable signal.

You're thinking like this is an academic release, it is not.

This is more like a caution signal given by multiple global corporations with close ties to intelligence agencies, in some cases being State actors for intelligence. NSA and CIA release products, but they try not to leak their methods and sources. Same applies.