Google makes preparation for the ‘quantum apocalypse’ with Chrome update

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Quantum computers are a still largely theoretical technology that proponents claim could dramatically beat the performance of the classical computers we have today. But future quantum computers could overcome those problems in seconds, and break into any data. Devon O’Brien, Google’s technical program manager for Chrome security, who wrote the blog post announcing the changes, noted that quantum computers could be decades away. “It’s believed that quantum computers that can break modern classical cryptography won’t arrive for 5, 10, possibly even 50 years from now, so why is it important to start protecting traffic today?