
The Quantum Kid· Staffel 2· Folge 2
Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data?
Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2026 · 9 min
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Can quantum computers really break the encryption protecting your data? Kai sits down with Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO of QuSecure, to find out, recorded live in Geneva at the AI for Good Summit. Plus, great questions from the UN diplomatic corps in the audience!
Chapters:
Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO of QuSecure
What is encryption?
Do quantum computers threaten Roblox, banking and email?
How quantum computers work, really, and what Peter Shor discovered in the 1990s
Preparing hospitals and banks for the future
Why quantum computers could break today's encryption
Steps you can take right now to protect yourself
Why we need quantum safety
Kai's take on quantum computing
The Quantum Kid is a show where 10-year-old Kai asks the world's top scientists and tech leaders to explain quantum computing to him, and if he gets it, so will everyone else.
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