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Create lessonNBack to chapterEscAttackers can collect encrypted information today and wait for future technology to decode it—a strategy called “harvest now, decrypt later.” Medical records, government secrets, research, and business data may need protection for decades. Post-quantum migration matters before a cryptographically relevant quantum computer exists because long-lived secrets are already at risk.