Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agoSouth Africa and China establish record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link.www.eurekalert.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: southafrica@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSouth Africa and China establish record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link.www.eurekalert.orgTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 days agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: southafrica@lemmy.world
This milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere.
minus-squarefebra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoBecause you can use one time pad encryption which is theoretically unbreakable. Intercepting the photons used to generate these keys would instantly alter their state thus making them unusable.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agooh right one time pad. It really does feel like you could do this in a better way, though.
Because you can use one time pad encryption which is theoretically unbreakable. Intercepting the photons used to generate these keys would instantly alter their state thus making them unusable.
oh right one time pad.
It really does feel like you could do this in a better way, though.