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>never be hacked May I be the first to say, challenge accepted.
by indiecore 15y ago
>never be hacked
May I be the first to say, challenge accepted.
- pranjalv123 15y agoActually, a bunch of commercial quantum crypto systems were hacked a few years ago, in spite of being "theoretically unhackable". The details are at http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/quantum-hacking-cracks-quantum-crypto/4371 http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/quantum-hacking-cr..., but basically you can convince avalanche diodes that they're only receiving one photon by blinding them, and this lets you bypass the security inherent to the No-Cloning theorem and the Uncertainty Principle that quantum crypto relies on .
- EthanHeilman 15y agoUntappable is not the same as unhackable. Using the term "unhackable = untappable" is really bad way to talk about computer security since it ignores every other security bad other than the ability to capture photons traveling down a fiber.
- ktizo 15y agoWas thinking that such a bold claim seemed a little premature. But then, it is Discovery.
- Monotoko 15y agoPretty sure I remember the titanic being advertised as "unsinkable" ;)