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- Germany will implement quantum-resistant cryptography for its ID cards to strengthen digital identity security against quantum threats.
- The effort involves Bundesdruckerei and Giesecke+Devrient and will proceed in two phases, starting with a digital signature scheme and moving to quantum-secure algorithms by 2030.
- Claudia Plattner of the Federal Office for Information Security warned that by 2030 quantum computers may break current cryptographic systems.
