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> IRIS² will be a constellation at the cutting edge of technology, to give Europe a lead, for example in quantum encryption. It will therefore be a vector of in
by gizmo 4y ago
> IRIS² will be a constellation at the cutting edge of technology, to give Europe a lead, for example in quantum encryption. It will therefore be a vector of innovation.
Quantum encryption?? Can anybody explain how this is related to satellites?
- arlort 4y agoDon't know how it's related to the project but I guess they'd want to use the satellites for the quantum key exchange
- T-A 4y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurherman/2022/10/20/the-quantum-space-race-is-here/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/arthurherman/2022/10/20/the-qua...
- uoaei 4y agoLots of high-entropy phenomena in space.
- wyager 4y agoYou can do QKE via sat-bounce, which is maybe what they're talking about, but this sounds more like clueless hype marketing than something written by an engineer.
- yencabulator 4y agoI'm sure somebody is making good money with the push. Meanwhile, previous proponents like NSA are moving to "post-quantum crypto" (as in, non-quantum crypto that resists attacks by hypothetical quantum computers): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution#Deprecation_of_quantum_key_distributions_from_governmental_institutions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_key_distribution#Depre...