Comment by CodesInChaos

11 hours ago

Encryption turns your data confidentiality problem into a key management problem.

Also if you want to keep a secret a secret forever, encrypted but saved data may be easily decrypted in the future. Most secrets though in reality are less useful in X years time.

  • Theoretically maybe, but there's no indication that a quantum-resistant algorithm can't encrypt something that's secure for the coming million+ years.

    • Sure there is, just use a one time pad and never repeat the message.

      Oops - you said the opposite of what I read, my mistake.