News tagged with key
Quantum eavesdropper steals quantum keys
(PhysOrg.com) -- In quantum cryptography, scientists use quantum mechanical effects to encrypt and then communicate confidential information. Although quantum cryptography codes are unbreakable in principle, even the best ...
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Could some entangled states be useless for quantum cryptography?
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the widely accepted properties of quantum entanglement is secrecy. Since scientists and researchers began working with quantum key distribution, entanglement has been considered an essential part of ...
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Researchers Set New Distance Record for Quantum Key Distribution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Quantum key distribution (QKD) could be the next commercial success of quantum physics, and a recent study has taken the field a step closer to this reality. Researchers from the University ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Researchers discover new quantum encryption method to foil hackers
A research team led by University of Toronto Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo has found a new quantum encryption method to foil even the most sophisticated hackers. The discovery is outlined in the latest issue of Physical Review Le ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Researchers successfully hack into automobiles using passive keyless systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at a system security group at ETH Zurich in Switzerland were able to access ten automobiles from eight manufactures and drive them away.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 07, 2011 |
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GSM system about to be compromised
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile ...
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Making quantum cryptography practical
Quantum cryptography, a completely secure means of communication, is much closer to being used practically as researchers from Toshiba and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory have now developed high speed detectors ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Computer scientists deploy first practical, Web-based, secure, verifiable voting system
Computer scientists affiliated with the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS), based at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with scientists at the Université ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Lenovo applies for a patent for a grip tablet keyboard
(Phys.org) -- With the introduction of the tablet computer, users of such devices have been forced to make some tradeoffs regarding keyboards. Virtually all tablets make use of image display and finger touching ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 29, 2012 |
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Cryptographic attack highlights the importance of bug-free software
A padlocked icon in a web-browser or a URL starting with https provides communication security over the Internet. The icon or URL indicates OpenSSL, a cryptography toolkit implementing the SSL protocol, or a similar system ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Flaw found in securing online transactions
Researchers on Wednesday revealed a flaw in the way data is scrambled to protect the privacy of online banking, shopping and other kinds of sensitive exchanges.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 16, 2012 |
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New smart e-book system more convenient than paper-based books
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced today that its research team headed by Professor Howon Lee from the IT Convergence Research Institute has developed a technology that will ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network
Scientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network.
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Making quantum cryptography truly secure
Quantum key distribution (QKD) is an advanced tool for secure computer-based interactions, providing confidential communication between two remote parties by enabling them to construct a shared secret key ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Can an MP3 hack your car?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The idea that someone can get into your car without your permission isn't a new one. It's about as old as the coat hanger, but that was back in the days when you locks had a pull up button. ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 18, 2011 |
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