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> quantum particles [...] has been used for years to enhance data encryption. As an entropy source or more?

• krastanov 9y ago
  No, it is way more interesting than that. With entangled particles together with a public unencrypted classical communication channel you can create a protocol to exchange information securely. That protocol does not rely on any computational complexity assumptions, rather only on the assumption that the laws of quantum mechanics are correct. There are some caveats, but it is still an amazing construction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB84 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BB84