From: Ross A. Finlayson (extropy@apexinternetsoftware.com)
Date: Thu Nov 14 2002 - 05:13:03 MST
On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 02:00 AM, nanowave wrote:
> I wonder if this story gives any of you the same kind of warm fuzzies
> that
> it gave me :-)
>
>
> EVANSTON, Ill. -- Put aside images of World War II espionage and
> codebreaking. Today cryptography is vital to the security of a form of
> communication and commerce never imagined 60 years ago: the Internet.
> Researchers at Northwestern University now have demonstrated a new
> high-speed quantum cryptography method that uses the properties of
> light to
> encrypt information into a form of code that can only be cracked by
> violating the physical laws of nature...
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/11/021111070057.htm
>
>
> Russell Evermore
>
> ... given a suitable environment and a prevailing transhumanist
> perspective,
> the systematic programming of a super-intelligence can begin immediately
> following the traditional ten fingers and ten toes inventory check ...
>
I think most forms of published encryption are cracked.
Ross
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