An unhackable, quantum resistant email technology is on its way

mood · May 18, 2020

An unhackable, quantum resistant email technology is on its way
The PQmail project aims to keep email secure in the quantum era
May 18, 2020
https://www.techradar.com/news/an-unhackable-quantum-resistant-email-technology-is-on-its-way

The secure email provider Tutanota has revealed that it is working together with the L3S Research Institute of Leibniz University of Hanover on a new research project called PQmail which aims to to implement quantum computer resistant cryptography in a freely available email application.

The reason for this is that once quantum computers become widely available, all currently encrypted emails can be decrypted using the technology.
Developer and co-founder of Tutanota, Matthias Pfau explained why implementing quantum-safe encryption is essential to keeping email secure in the future, saying:

“So far, there are very few applications that use quantum-safe encryption and no implementation for emails yet. [...] This confidential communication must remain confidential in the future."
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PQmail project
The PQmail project is supported by EU funding and Professor Sascha Fahl and his team at USEC along with Tutanota plan to integrate quantum secure encryption into the company's email client in order to get a usable prototype of quantum secure email ready for the public.
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Tutanota: Why we need quantum-resistant cryptography now

mood · May 23, 2020

L3S of Leibniz University and Tutanota launch research project to secure emails against quantum computer attacks
May 20, 2020
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/pqmail-launch-post-quantum-cryptography/

We are happy to announce that we are working together with the L3S Research Institute of the Leibniz University of Hanover on PQmail - a research project with the goal to implement quantum computer resistant cryptography available for everyone in Tutanota.
All currently encrypted emails are vulnerable
This is necessary because, as soon as quantum computers exist, all currently encrypted emails can be decrypted afterwards.

"We expect, as do other cryptography experts, that in a few years quantum computers can be built that can break widely used encryption algorithms. As a result, even data that is intercepted and stored today could possibly be easily decrypted in 10-15 years," explains Prof. Sascha Fahl of L3S.
The PQmail project - "Development of a post-quantum encryption for secure email communication" - is supported by EU funding. Together with the team USEC around Prof. Sascha Fahl we plan to integrate the quantum secure encryption into the email client Tutanota to get a usable prototype of quantum secure email ready for the public.
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As soon as the quantum secure encryption is implemented in Tutanota, anyone can use it for free. This will increase email security enormously in the long run.
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An unhackable, quantum resistant email technology is on its way

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