Security for the Quantum Era: Implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography in Android
2026-03-28T19:23:38Z•a436a8c39066d933ba05c0cf4d6114c002e55a2f561c536465700c0f6ec16258
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What happened
Google published a set of coordinated security updates and roadmaps addressing near- and long-term threats across Android, Chrome, and the HTTPS ecosystem. Key items: (1) Android will begin PQC (post‑quantum cryptography) testing in the Android 17 beta with platform-wide PQC architectural changes for the production release to align with NIST‑driven migration; (2) Chrome announced a program to make HTTPS certificates quantum‑safe, collaborating in the IETF PLANTS WG on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs) and declining to immediately add standalone PQC X.509 roots to the Chrome Root Store due to CT/
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- 2026-03-28T19:23:38Z
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- Yes
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