Comment on South Africa and China establish record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoBut why
Comment on South Africa and China establish record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoBut why
febra@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
oh right one time pad.
It really does feel like you could do this in a better way, though.