Why the Future of Encryption Starts Today I have been developing software for over 20 years but what is happening right now is something interesting. Something that genuinely makes me sit up and pay attention. Quantum computers are no longer science fiction. And with .NET 10 , Microsoft has built the answer directly into the platform: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) . Quantum-safe encryption that holds up even when quantum computers become a reality. In this article, I will walk you through what I understand what that means step by step even if you are just starting out in software development. 1. Why Is This Even a Topic? Imagine you send a encrypted data today. Someone copy the data without decrypt it and waits. In ten years, they have a tool that can decrypt it. Then they read your data. That is exactly the scenario keeping security experts around the world up at night. It even has a name: “ Harvest Now, Decrypt Later.…