This milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere.

    • febra@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      Because you can use one time pad encryption which is theoretically unbreakable. Intercepting the photons used to generate these keys would instantly alter their state thus making them unusable.

      • Kairos@lemmy.today
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        14 hours ago

        oh right one time pad.

        It really does feel like you could do this in a better way, though.