Security for the Quantum Era: Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Android
2026-03-26T07:23:41Z•787d56ada66216fd2200c4b3f85b818bed0f8ff1b0ad6486b4cde18b484a786f
AI-defensesAndroid 17Android theft protectionBiometric PromptCAB ForumCertificate TransparencyChromeChrome Root ProgramFailed Authentication LockGPU securityGoogle PlayMTCMali GPUMerkle Tree CertificatesNISTPLANTSPQCTLSapp-securitycertificate-issuancedomain-validationidentity-checkphishingpost-quantumscam-protection
What happened
Collection of Google security updates and initiatives (late 2025–early 2026): Google is accelerating migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) across products, beginning PQC experiments in Android 17 beta with platform-level architectural changes and aligning with NIST PQC standards. Chrome is launching a program for quantum-safe HTTPS, collaborating on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) via the IETF PLANTS working group and deferring immediate inclusion of PQC X.509 roots. The Chrome Root Program and CA/Browser Forum are deprecating 11 legacy domain-validation methods (phased to full effect ~
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- google_security_blog
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- 787d56ada66216fd2200c4b3f85b818bed0f8ff1b0ad6486b4cde18b484a786f
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- 2026-03-26T07:23:41Z
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- Yes
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