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Ultrasecure Quantum Communications Over Thin Air

Posted by timothy on from the and-that-is-really-thin-air dept.

SlashDotIDOne writes "Well, given a hundred years at university and a few extra titles to my name, I'd be comfortable trying to summarize the article so don't take what I say at face value. Apparently British and German researchers have found a way to use quantum crypto through the air, thus allowing it to be used to communicate with satellites, etc. A very secure form since you know whether a message was intercepted, rather hard to tamper with ;). Courtesy India times and Google's new news service."

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  1. Philip K Dick by pubjames · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember reading once that Philip K Dick (writer of Blade Runner, Minority Report) went mad at the end of his life, one of the reasons being that he was convinced that there were zillions of alien transmissions going through the air which were screwing with his mind.

    Perhaps he was right. Perhaps taking lots of hard drugs allows you to tune in to alien quantum communications. Sounds like some experimenting needs to be done...

  2. Perl by jaavaaguru · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:
    "Gift a Washing Machine & get Pearl Set Free @ INR 8590"

    They obviously don't know that Perl is FREE for most systems.

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  3. Ultrasecure? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, I think you mean Hypersecure. Much stronger than Supersecure or Ultrasecure, though there is a SuperHyperUltraSpecialSecure encryption in the works IIRC. For most people just plain secure works fine though.

  4. Thin Air by gcondon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ultrasecure Quantum Communications Over Thin Air

    But how thin does my air have to be? I mean, I try to keep my air in shape but it certainly isn't as thin as it used to be. Perhaps if I move to Tibet.

    Well at least the communications are ultrasecure - I find that secure just isn't enough.