Google’s PQC roadmap puts traditional digital certificates under pressure
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Google leaning into post-quantum crypto and questioning whether Merkle Tree Certificates make PKI transparency structural puts a countdown clock on legacy certificates. CISOs and infra leads should inventory where classic PKI lives in their stack and start testing PQC-compatible alternatives before browsers and platforms force the switch.
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