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Hackers, take notice: Ultrasecure quantum video chats are now possible across the globe.
In a demonstration of the world's first intercontinental quantum link, scientists held a long-distance videoconference on September 29 between Austria and China. To secure the communication, a Chinese satellite distributed a quantum key, a secret string of numbers used to encrypt the video transmission so that no one could eavesdrop on the conversation. In the call, chemist Chunli Bai, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, spoke with quantum physicist Anton Zeilinger, president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
"It's a huge achievement," says quantum physicist Thomas Jennewein of the University of Waterloo in Canada, who was not involved with the project. "It's a major step to show that this approach could be viable."
I can't wait to use this!
(Score: 3, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday October 03 2017, @10:47PM (1 child)
The only thing quantum about the video was the tiny little key transmitted with quantum encryption, the stream itself was indistinguishable from a stream where the key was transmitted via carrier pigeon.
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday October 03 2017, @11:20PM
Really? You're not serious, are you, Joe? [engaging top-spin quark . . . .Now!]