[extropy-chat] Technothriller: Double Vision

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Every day, billions of dollars are transmitted between businesses
electronically using an "unbreakable" encryption technology. But what
if that technology suddenly became breakable? Recent advances in
quantum physics have shown that it will - sooner or later. That fact
is the premise for DOUBLE VISION, a technothriller by physicist and
award-winning novelist Randall Ingermanson.
"DOUBLE VISION highlights the dark side of this promising new
technology," says Ingermanson. "Note that I'm a physicist myself and I
love scientific advances. Technology is terrific, but it sometimes has
unintended consequences. Quantum computing has already been
demonstrated in the lab on a small scale. In time, this technology
will lead to machines able to crack our conventional encryption
methods. That's going to cause huge problems. The good news is that a
radically new and truly unbreakable encryption method has already been
demonstrated using - you guessed it - quantum physics."
In DOUBLE VISION (Bethany House, November 2004, ISBN 0764227335,
$12.99), biophysicist Rachel Meyers uses biological nanoconstruction
techniques to make a breakthrough in quantum computing. Teaming up
with her eccentric co-worker, Dillon Richard, Rachel finds herself
racing the clock when their high-tech startup company loses its
funding. Rachel and Dillon find it impossible to work together, so
their colleague, Keryn Wills, is called in to mediate. Soon enough,
the three find themselves holding a trillion dollar secret that could
leave the world's economy naked to any thief smart enough and daring
enough to steal the technology.
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2004/11/emw179603.htm