An easy tutorial to understand basic encryption by analyzing how a quantum computer can break it. Using free tools, this should take less than 20 minutes. What to Know Before You Begin In an earlier article, I described how and why quantum computers can break encryption on the internet and the subsequent roll-out of new, post-quantum cryptography, as a defense mechanism. This article is designed to be an active and practical appendage to that article. Here, you will have the opportunity to...