The Quantum Apocalypse 2029: Why Google is Rushing to Build an “Unholy Fortress” for Android

Google warns of an accelerated “Q-Day” around 2029 and is rapidly moving Android toward post-quantum cryptography; Android 17 will introduce a hardware root of trust using the ML-DSA standard, integrate ML-DSA into Verified Boot, require quantum-resistant remote attestation, and update the Keystore and developer signing hierarchy to support PQC.