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BBN Announces Functional Quantum Encrypted Network
anzha writes "BBN Technologies has announced that under DARPA's Quantum Network Project to have built in conjunction with Harvard University the world's first functional quantum encrypted network. This is probably funded under DARPA's Quantum Information Science and Technology Program."
I guess IPSEC or plain ol' SSH tunneling is more difficult to understand than quantum mechanics.
They say that because viewing a photon causes its properties to change you can tell if a message has been evesdropped, which is nice, but what good is that if you just sent the launch codes for a nuclear warhead? Hmmm... well George the codes were intercepted and the missles launched, but erm... we KNEW that it had happened!! No, just kidding, can someone explain why this is such a good thing, does it render that data unreadable or something, how does it work, the article is pretty bare, thanks in advance.
I spent ages trying to think of sig, but never did
Great, so now if my router goes down my boss won't say "The internets gone!" Instead he'll say:
"Holy Fuck! There's a giant squid crawling out of a rip in space-time near the water cooler!"
"It's all just meme meme around here"
Well you see, the network is protected in this way - whenever you make an attempt to observe traffic on the network, you get scratched by a very angry cat whose position is superimposed with your own by way of quantum fluctuation. As there are an infinite number of cats, theoretically there are enough cats to scratch any number of would-be interlopers.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
P2P filesharers everywhere have just creamed themselves.
John Bigboote: We've had our chance. Your Overthruster's for shit. We're lost.
Lord John Whorfin: One more word out of you, Big-booty...
John Bigboote: BIG BOO-TAY. TAY. TAY.
So that the head of state can surf for porn in complete security.
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This is probably funded under DARPA's Quantum Information Science and Technology Program.
Because the more accurately we know the funding the less accuratly we know the results?
Truly this is quantum computing.
"What hath Heisenberg wrought?"
If you post it, they will read.
Well if you have access to the media, you might as well do the old Big-Axe-D.O.S. attack on the cable.
"If God created us in his own image we have more than reciprocated." - Voltaire
Here ya go:
N=1