Signal Verification times fell from 90 seconds to 20 milliseconds, making real-time checks practical

Summary

The Dubai Future Foundation outlook argues that lattice-based cryptography could let compliance be checked as data moves rather than after the fact. The key enabler is speed, since recent lattice-based protocols have reduced verification times from 90 seconds to 20 milliseconds. According to the outlook, that makes real-time checks practical for the first time. Organizations could confirm at the point of transfer whether data is being used correctly, without revealing the information itself. Practices such as sampling records and negotiating enforcement after the event would matter less, and trust could become a condition for access. The outlook cautions that rules would need to be precise before being encoded, since automated checks apply them exactly as written.