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Chiara Castro

Chrome to adopt NIST-approved post quantum encryption on desktop

In this photo illustration, a silhouetted woman holds a smartphone with the Google Chrome logo displayed on the screen.

Google is set to upgrade its post-quantum encryption protection on its web browser desktop with the new Chrome 131 release.

This comes as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) officially released the first three quantum-resistant approved algorithms on August 13, 2024. The Tech giant first introduced hybrid quantum-safe encryption back in April based on the experimental Kyber TLS key exchange system and has now decided to switch to the new ML-KEM standard.

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