The "quantum cliff" is coming sooner than you think. State secrets, financial information, medical records, private communications—all umasked. Forever.

First accessible by states & corps, then criminals, then everyone.

@jesse & I discussed it in our book The Secret Life of Data: secretlife.cc

Now there's a good @WIRED article about it: wired.com/story/q-day-apocalyp…

#encryption #privacy #surveillance #quantum #qday

The Secret Life of Data by Aram Sinnreich, Jesse Gilbert: 9780262048811 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

How data surveillance, digital forensics, and generative AI pose new long-term threats and opportunities—and how we can use them to make better decisio...

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