The operating assumption must be that AI agents will eventually be granted deep access to our most sensitive systems.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Say you want to send a private message, cast a secret vote, or sign a document securely. If you do any of these tasks on a computer, you ...

Cryptography is a must-know skill in 2026, powering everything from online payments to data privacy.The right books can ...

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The 2026 Turing Award celebrates quantum cryptography's inventor and pioneers. Learn how their physics-based security model defends global data against next-generation quantum computers.