How Realistic Is The Prospect Of A Quantum Apocalypse?

A new generation of fear entrepreneurs in the IT industry are promoting anxieties and fatalism about the threat quantum computing poses to the future of encrypted data, cyber-security and our way of life dubbed Quantum Apocalypse . You can't make this stuff up. Just when we can breathe a sigh of relief as we appear to have overcome the Covid pandemic, 'the quantum apocalypse' draws us back into new anxiety about life on Earth - just like Al Pacino in 'The Godfather' trying to escape his criminal past, but being pulled back in. However, this is not a Hollywood movie….