The enigma machine takes a quantum leap

Tuesday, September 6, 2016 - 15:41 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at the University of Rochester have moved beyond the theoretical in demonstrating that an unbreakable encrypted message can be sent with a key that’s far shorter than the message — the first time that has ever been done. Until now, unbreakable encrypted messages were transmitted via a system envisioned by American mathematician Claude Shannon, […]

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