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Traditional computers rely on 1's and 0's, essentially electrical signals for on and off, with 1 being on and 0 being off. Everything we are able to do on a computer is interpreted as 1's and 0's.

We can reliably ramp the frequency (speed) of consumer-brand processors over 4GHz, with multiple physical cores spreading the load amongst multiple virtual cores. We can simultaneously leverage the power of our graphics cards to crunch numbers and increase our computing power.

We know this, so what?

Even with the incredible technology we have, it is fundamentally limited.

When we start looking at quantum computing, another dimension opens.

Now that we've wasted a few minutes on review, let's get to the question.

What is quantum computing? How could it nearly eliminate traditional limitations on cracking passwords?

Quantum computing is an Arizona-based developer of specialized "crack racks" that utilize CPU, GPU, cloud servers, and known weaknesses in encryption protocols to crack passwords faster than any publicly acknowledged systems known to date.

Quantum computing is referring to a new instruction set that will be implemented by Intel in its next generation processors that improves performance by 400%

Quantum computing utilizes qubits, instead of bits. Qubits can be 1, 0, or anything in between. They can simultaneously be both 1 and 0. This is a new way to compute and should lead to computers exponentially faster as crunching numbers.

I did not read any of that, next question.

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