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Re: First quantum crypto bank transfer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Crawford)
Mon Aug 23 14:14:52 2004
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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:50:32 -0500
From: Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov>
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To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cc: crypto <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
>> | However, I still don't believe that quantum cryptography can buy you
>> | anything but research funding (and probably easier lawful intercept
>> | because end-to-end encryption is so much harder).
>
>> Not to attack you personally - I've heard the same comments from many
>> other
>> people - but this is a remarkably parochial attitude.
>>
>> Quantum crypto raises fundamental issues in physics.
>
> But we aren't physicists.
Hey!
> It isn't research any more. There are companies trying to *sell this*.
Please don't blame the physicists for that. It is still research, but
someone is selling tincture of quantum physics in their snake-oil
bottles. Too bad that may poison the market for a really useful
development a few years from now, but it does help shake the money tree
for research. And physics can use every dime it can get right now.
Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov>
Fermilab Computer Security Coordinator
http://www.fnal.gov/
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