Security, Cryptography, Whatever

There's a paper that claims one can factor a RSA-2048 modulus with the help of a 372-qubit quantum computer. Are we all gonna die?

Also some musings about Bruce Schneier.

Errata:
Schneier's honorary PhD is from the University of Westminster, not UW.

Transcript:
https://securitycryptographywhatever.com/2023/01/06/has-rsa-been-destroyed-by-a-quantum-computer/

Links:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.12372.pdf
https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/232.pdf
https://github.com/lducas/SchnorrGate
https://sweis.medium.com/did-schnorr-destroy-rsa-show-me-the-factors-dcb1bb980ab0
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/01/breaking-rsa-with-a-quantum-computer.html
https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6957

"Security Cryptography Whatever" is hosted by Deirdre Connolly (@durumcrustulum), Thomas Ptacek (@tqbf), and David Adrian (@davidcadrian)