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Apple claims that its new iMessage security is better than Signal. How accurate is this ? (programming.dev)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In Apple’s press release, they mention they use a combination of the new PQC “Kyber Crystals” algorithm and the existing standard “ECDSA” algorithm

Wait what?

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kyber_crystal

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yep! Researchers are nerds. The state-of-the art PQC asymmetric encryption algorithm is named after Star Wars Kyber Crystals, and the same group released a digital signature algorithm based on the same underlying math named after Star Trek Dilithium Crystals.

A press release.

The research group’s website.

Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Super cool, thanks!