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Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over Internet For The First Time (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It could actually be a good thing, since it opens up the possibility of unsnoopable channels of communication, using encryption that would be disrupted by any attempt to intercept it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also the ability to crack any of our current encryption almost instantly...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Quantum entanglement is different than quantum computing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not exactly; entanglement is a critical element of quantum computing for the encryption and decryption referenced.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

Not what I understand. The encryption referenced is about having an immutably certain shared data source from entanglement that can be used as encryption/decryption input. Quantum computing does promise to crack current encryption technology in the future.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

This is not 2015