Harvest now, decrypt later

id: harvest-now-decrypt-later-228-1041448
title: Harvest now, decrypt later
text: Harvest now, decrypt later, also known as store now, decrypt later or retrospective decryption, is a surveillance strategy that relies on the acquisition and long-term storage of currently unreadable encrypted data awaiting possible breakthroughs in decryption technology that would render it readable in the future - a hypothetical date referred to as Y2Q or Q-Day. The most common concern is the prospect of developments in quantum cryptography which would allow current strong encryption algorithm
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date created: 2023-04-09T10:35:10Z
date modified: 2024-09-15T08:54:29Z
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