Title: Antibodies
First published: August 11, 2005
Description: Perspicacious look at our possible technological future. It starts as somebody discovers or devises a computer algorithm to crack all encryption in a much shorter time, rendering all financial and other secure computer traffic untrustworthy, and hence obsolete. Of course, the dark forces underpinning the fabric of our society are concerned, and the discoverer is soon found dead. However, the narrator has also seen the algorithm and had it verified, and goes on the run with some colleagues. Then, it gets really good, and strange, and mind-blowing, as we find out who our narrator really is... This is an absolutely excellent short story, and a thoroughly recommended read. This book and many others can be found in its entirety at http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/toast/toast.html#antibodies
Subjects: Computers, algorthms, encryption, science fiction, prediction
Time periods: United Kingdom at some point in the near future