Wednesday, March 14, 2007

George Johnson

George Johnson

The Defense Department and the National Security Agency are worried enough (about quantum computers) that they are pouring money into quantum code-breaking. They want to get there first. At the same time, they're funding some of the Alice and Bob experiments—using quantum mechanics to devise truly unbreakable codes..

In an age where information is more than half of any military problem, encryption could be the most important skill on the battlefield.

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