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Latest claim of breaking RSA 2048
Bud:
Some weirdo PhD guy posted on LinkedIn he's got RSA 2048 broken using a cell phone. Google for Ed Gerck rsa 2048 and follow the link to his LinkedIn profile. Have fun.
tom66:
Er, so the guy claims he's run quantum computer algorithms on an "ordinary cell phone". That's literally, physically impossible. Quantum computing isn't a new way of writing code or something stupid like that, it's a physical abstraction of quantum entanglement that allows you to solve certain, very specific problems. Like prime factorisation, which if scaled up, *could* break RSA (and current-generation elliptic-curve cryptography too).
Seems and smells like a nutter. Maybe I'm wrong, but a LinkedIn post is not really where you put these things. Where's the paper? Where's the proof of concept? Go on then, create a signed Alphabet, Inc. certificate against your domain. I bet he can't.
Bud:
He offers sending some paper by direct request. Someone has posted in the comments that a paper was indeed received after being requested, and that the paper looked GPT generated containing trivial quantum staff. Someone else posted the paper has a malware. This makes sense, since creating a buzz and having people asking for information is a perfect way to distribute malware.
ebastler:
Well, he does have a self-published paper available for download from ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374155658_Pathologically_breaking_cryptography_by_quantum_computing
Haven't read it yet. He claims his breakthrough technology to be "quantum computing without complex numbers".
Edit: Umm, I have read it now, takes about 30 seconds... Nothing there except references to his own earlier work. Not sure I am curious enough to dig deeper. ???
Bud:
The entire language and lingvo used is weird. "Commercial cellphone and commercial Linux desktop". Really? Are there Non-commercial cell phones or Non-commercial Linux desktops? What is the deal with this shit. Also look at his replies in the comment section. Either the guy was drunk or his account hacked.
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