The headline/teaser made me smirk and after reading I am way much less scared about those quantum thingies factoring meaningful numbers (like i.e. public keys) in foreseeable future:
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Peter Gutmann, a professor of computer science at the University of Auckland New Zealand, thinks PQC is bollocks – "nonsense" for our American readers – and said as much in a 2024 presentation [PDF], "Why Quantum Cryptanalysis is Bollocks."
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/quantum_cryptanalysis_criticism/that headline definitely caught me too and the quote is gold. It's oddly reassuring to hear someone as credible as Gutmann cut through the hype with such bluntness. Quantum computing still feels like a buzzword minefield, so it’s nice to see a grounded take. Makes me wonder how much of the PQC rush is real urgency, just future proofing theater.