Re: just curious, but does this sound like a hoax to you?



On Oct 14, 12:27 pm, Dave <no...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"robert bristow-johnson" <r...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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or is it just very poorly written by a reporter who doesn't know what
he/she is writing about.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Swiss-to-use-encryption-voting-metho...

i'm curious as to what the real physikers think about it.

r b-j

old news.. just a few of the many links and stories on the subject.


...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_cryptography

so, if a single photon is spuriously absorbed in the fiber-optics
somewhere, this system indicates that it's been compromised and the
entire message is lost or corrupted? how can this possibly be robust
enough for practical use?

r b-j

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