In the near future, the decentralized post-platform internet with users in control faces privacy challenges with the arrival of quantum computers capable of breaking current encryption systems
Shor's and Grover's algorithms compromise the security of RSA, ECC, and even 128-bit symmetric keys, generating a threat of harvesting data today and decrypting it in the future
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has standardized lattice-based algorithms such as Kyber and Dilithium, and hash-based ones like SPHINCS+, while also promoting real projects such as Matrix, Nym, and pilots in the Fediverse that integrate this quantum-resistant encryption into existing protocols
The secure migration path begins with hybrid handshakes that combine classical and post-quantum encryption, advances toward a full PQC deployment in middleboxes and hardware, and must be completed before the regulatory deadline of 2035
Development teams must integrate open-source PQC libraries, audit implementations, and pressure vendors to obtain quantum-ready hardware security devices; if we wait too long, tomorrow's quantum adversaries will turn today's decentralized traffic into plain text
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