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Systemic Anomaly

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Perfect secrecy has come a step closer with the launch of the world's first computer network protected by unbreakable quantum encryption at a scientific conference in Vienna.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7661311.stm




Systemic Anomaly

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Dammit, now I'll never get the Colonel's Secret Recipe.

I know it's only 11 herbs and spices, but I can't get the combination right!

That recipe is already more locked down than the US Mint.




Vindicator

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ShiXinFeng wrote:

Dammit, now I'll never get the Colonel's Secret Recipe.

I know it's only 11 herbs and spices, but I can't get the combination right!

That recipe is already more locked down than the US Mint.

Dangit, now I'm hungry for KFC. >.<


That does sound promising though.



Ascendent Logic

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Current range is 100km, so it's not yet an application for distant networking. But well, I'm sure they'll get through that.



Encrypted Mind

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If someone made it, someone can break it.


Jacked Out

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eval wrote:
If someone made it, someone can break it.
Anything that can be done can also be undone...


Systemic Anomaly

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Pretty sure I already read a paper where some guy found a way to peek without altering the information. Let me try to find it.

EDIT: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0809.3408v1

Message edited by Bayamos on 10/09/2008 16:14:09.



Ascendent Logic

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I could hack it in an hour sober ;p

phi


Systemic Anomaly

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Not unbreakable... It's simply uses auto intrusion detection shut-down and re-route.

But just like every system ever invented, if it has to be decoded on the receiver's end as human-readable information, all you have to do is tap the receiver's machine.

The weakest point in any system is ALWAYS the users.

It would be useful for inter military bunker comms. But as it requires unbroken optic cables it would be quite susceptable to interferance in times of war.

I like the concept, but it needs a lot of work.

Message edited by phi on 10/09/2008 19:28:39.



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