[extropy-chat] Encryption revolution

[Robin Hanson]

There is an article in the latest New Scientist on how to break it.

> From what I have read it is unbreakable in principle, because you can 
> find out if is it has been intercepted (then of course you declare the 
> key void and exchange a new one).
> >Does anyone seriously think it is unbreakable?  I believe it's more of a 
> matter of not yet finding a way to break it.
> >>From 
> <http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/120703/bus%5f7sci001.shtml>2theadvocate.com: 
> After 20 years of research, an encryption process is emerging that is 
> considered unbreakable because it employs the mind-blowing laws of 
> quantum physics. ...


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