In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.
Source: The New Math of Quantum Cryptography
i asked Gemini+ to explain the asymetrical nature of the algoritms: tl;dr: it is trivial to multiply two 100-digit number (microseconds) but exceptionally difficult to derive the primes from the ?200-digit prime (on the order of 10^22 or more ops, or billions of years, so effectively unpossible.
