Maybe we have forgotten bombastic news from 3 years ago about Quantum crypto protecting the security of ballots in Swiss elections http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/101007-quantum-cryptography-secure-bal lots.html but here it is again in a similar but much bigger event (from popularity point of view):
Quantum crypto employed at world cup in South Africa: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/21/world-cup-security-uses-physics-th wart-hackers/ Why my feeling of déjà vu is so strong? Maybe because I spotted a pattern with similar points: 1. There is an event that is well covered by the mass media 2. There is a wealthy customer who is organizing the event, and who is ready to pay for "unbreakable data protection" And as a warning to all who use classical crypto here is the sentence from the article: "Traditional means of encrypting such a key use mathematical functions that are difficult -- but not impossible -- to undo." wow :-) _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
