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Developing a quantum computer. when complete, it will be able to break about any encryption in the world. at cnn we use encryption like had rsa system to get into data we should only see to authenticate us. when nsa gepts that quantum computer, what will it be able to do? it would be a game changer, a lot easier for nsa to break the codes that foreign governments use, that foreign criminal groups use. reporter: but nsa will also be able to break encryption codes we all use to protect or bank accounts, e-mails, medical records. a privacy advocate said it may lead to a world with no secrets. we don t know for the most part in fact what the capabilities are, what steps are being taken to undermine the types of encryption that you and i might rely on, for example, when we go online to purchase a book or download some music. recently, we learned reporter: the program is revealed in documents provided by nsa leaker edward snowden and ....