In an interview for TIME magazine, Signal’s President Meredith Whittaker confirmed that the communication app is preparing for post-quantum cryptography. The company is investing in research to update the Signal protocol for quantum safe cryptography. The ambition is to roll out the protocol before it becomes necessary, but it still will take some time to be finalised.
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German Fraunhofer Institute and partners present demonstrated for quantum-safe electronic passport
The German Fraunhofer Institute, the German Federal Printing Bureau, and Infineon Technologies AG have presented the first demonstrator for an electronic passport that meets the security requirements of the quantum computing era.
The technology is based on a solution for contactless data transfer between the electronic passport and the border checkpoint terminal. The solution is based on a quantum computer-resistant version of the Extended Access Control (EAC) protocol and also secures biometric data during authentication.
The system was created under the joint research project ‘PoQuID’, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Anticipating Threats and Preparing the Future
This report published by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) discusses quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms and proposes to design new cryptographic protocols as well as to integrate post-quantum systems into current protocols.