[OT] theoretical (but probably never practical) quantum encryption flaw found

Sven Anderson sven at anderson.de
Sat Dec 6 15:27:16 UTC 2008


Am 06.12.2008 um 15:56 schrieb Scott Bennett:

>     It appears that a theoretical method of breaking quantum key  
> distribution
> has been found, there's no cause for alarm (yet:-) because it  
> requires the use
> of wormholes or some equivalent. :-)  The abstract looks intriguing,  
> but the
> paper was submitted to _Physical_Review_Letters_ only a month ago,  
> so it will
> be a long time, if ever, before it sees publication.
>     If you're curious, see the abstract at
>
> 	http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.1209

There is a link to the PDF of the full paper as well, so you don't  
have to wait for the PRL publication.

But my Quantum-Mechanics course 10 years ago was obviously not enough  
for me to be able to follow that paper. ;-)


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