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Code for Unbreakable Quantum Encryption

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the photon-data-torpedo dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ITO is running a story on NIST's latest quantum encryption key generation. From the article: 'Raw code for "unbreakable" quantum encryption has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at NIST. The work is a step toward using conventional high-speed networks such as broadband Internet and local-area networks to transmit ultra-secure video for applications such as surveillance.'"

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  1. I can't pretend to remotely understand, but... by Odiumjunkie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    am I correct in ascertaining that the key is generated using some of the quantum properties of very small particles?

    In that case, how is the key shared with the end terminal? In what way is the key generation reproducible at the remote computer to decrypt the signal?

  2. Unbreakable ...Encryption MD5? by Pixelmixer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wasnt MD5 Encryption once referred to as Unbreakable ??

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