It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.

A new encryption method developed at Florida International University aims to secure digital content against the threat posed by future quantum computers.

Encryption underpins the security of bank cards, state secrets and online privacy. By using large sets of numbers, the process of encoding information means that only the person, or computer, with the ...

A quantum computer system which uses atoms and lasers could one day become so powerful that it renders encryption technology useless. Typical encryption systems - used to secure computer ...

Chinese researchers at Shanghai University say they’ve inched towards cracking military-grade encryption — with the help of a quantum computer. SPNs are used in algorithms tasked with protecting ...

Quantum computers able to break bitcoin encryption will be “achievable” with “future advancements”, researchers say. Researchers estimated the size a quantum computer would need to be to break the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not just terrorists, paedophiles and hackers who use encryption online - most of us use it every day. Whenever you see a ...