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Or not? I was reading my physics magazine (yes, I am a nerd) and read an article about how – quite contrary to what people thought could happen, it turns out that someone has been able to intercept a quantum communication. The bad part is that it’s a really big setback for quantum cryptography. That matters (to me) because quantum communications are one of the most significant benefits from quantum information systems – which are an important part of the future of communications and a driver for quantum computers.
Here’s the plus side – it seems (to me) that anytime somebody hacks anything – the anything gets better. People hack Windows – system gets better (some might debate that). People hack devices – devices get better. Quantum computers and the related elements probably aren’t as exciting as figuring out how to build a bot to mine gold in World of Warcraft, but it helps get things moving. Here’s the article by Edwin Cartlidge that appeared in PhysicsWorld so you can decide for yourself.
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