Apple Updates iMessage With a New ‘Post-Quantum’ Encryption Protocol

Apple has rolled out an update to iMessage encryption, the likes of which includes post-quantum protections that the company calls the “most significant cryptographic security upgrade” in the messenger’s history. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween In a blog post published Wednesday, Apple announced the arrival of PQ3, a new encryption protocol designed to … Read more

Apple iOS 17.4: iMessage Gets Post-Quantum Encryption in New Update

Apple is launching its first post-quantum protections, one of the biggest deployments of the future-resistant encryption technology to date. Billions of medical records, financial transactions, and messages we send to each other are protected by encryption. It’s fundamental to keeping modern life and the global economy running relatively smoothly. However, the decades-long race to create … Read more

The Linux Foundation and its partners are working on cryptography for the post-quantum world

We know the end of the line is in sight for classical cryptography. All the security encryption that protects our bank accounts, websites, and credit cards today will eventually be broken. That’s not just a threat; that’s the reality.  When Q-Day comes, which is the day quantum computers can break our existing encryption methods, we’ll … Read more