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New Quantum Cryptography Speed Record
Roland Piquepaille writes "Physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have established a world's speed record for 'unbreakable' encryption with their cryptographic system based on the transmission of single photons. With this kind of method, messages cannot be intercepted without detection, meaning transmission is always safe. The NIST 'quantum key distribution' (QKD) system was used between two buildings located 730 meters apart for transmitting a stream of photons at a rate of 1 million bits per second. While it might not look very fast, its 100 times faster than with previous quantum distribution systems. This overview contains more details and references about information theory."
yes and current theories are always correct now aren't they? sure your statement is plenty precise, but that doesn't mean it is correct. instead of just attacking me it would have been better/nicer if you could provide some proof to back up your claim and prove me wrong, such as a primer on qc that shows that it is unbreakable. sure i would like to believe, but i don't like taking things on blind faith alone.
and my point was that, if qc were proved breakable in some way, it certainly would not be the first time that some basic scientific assumption has been proven to be inaccurate. always and never are extremely strong words to use.
Some people just have to be asses...
apparently you are one of them...