--- title: Tech: How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers description: Preparing for hackers with quantum computers, watching for China's decline, leaving the EITC alone and more. canonical: https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-28T16:01:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:01:53.436Z article:section: Ideas og:title: How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 28, 2015 4:01 PM UTC by [The Aspen Institute](https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Aug 28, 2015 4:01 PM UTC **1\.** [**Your passwords — and everybody else’s — won’t stand a chance against a hacker with a quantum computer.**](http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/nsa-preps-quantum-resistant-algorithms-to-head-off-crypto-apocolypse/) By Dan Goodin in Ars Technica **2\.** [**Is China the new Spanish Empire?**](http://www.politico.eu/article/china-new-spanish-empire-financial-crash/) By Jacob Soll in Politico Europe **3\.** [**The earned income tax credit keeps millions out of poverty. Leave it alone.**](http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-08-28/how-to-make-the-tax-code-even-worse) By the Editors of Bloomberg View **4\.** [**NASA wants to stop hitching rides to space with Russia.**](http://www.wired.com/2015/08/congress-dont-make-us-hitch-rides-russia-love-nasa/) By Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden in Wired **5\.** [**Google has a secret interview process — and it starts with your Google searches.**](http://thehustle.co/the-secret-google-interview-that-landed-me-a-job) By Max Rosett in the Hustle  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/) _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/"},"headline":"How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers","datePublished":"2015-08-28T16:01:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:01:53.436Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/","keywords":["Innovation","Google","NASA","China","Hack","Password"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4014682/hackers-quantum-computers/","name":"How Quantum Computers Are Prepared for Hackers"}}]}] ```