Will AES-256 encryption be broken by 2070?
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"broken" means some entity could actually decrypt it in less than 2 years with the amount of compute they have, without possessing the key, and without side-channel leaks.

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I know very little about cryptography but have been considering AES-256 to encrypt blog posts, with key to be published posthumously.

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I very firmly think no (probability <1%), but I'm not going to bet, for keynesian beauty contest reasons

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The NSA allows the "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), per FIPS 197, using 256 bit keys to protect up to TOP SECRET" data. (Potentially decades or longer until declassification.) It's believed to be quantum resistant.