Comments on: Quantum Cryptography to be used in Swiss Election http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/ Foundations of Quantum Theory Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: More questions about reality and the security of quantum protocols « Quantum Moxie http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-8639 More questions about reality and the security of quantum protocols « Quantum Moxie Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:01:30 +0000 http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-8639 [...] this could be done (copying information off of a hard drive, for example) and is the basis of the argument many critics made concerning the use of quantum cryptography in the Swiss elections since, in this sense, copying a [...] [...] this could be done (copying information off of a hard drive, for example) and is the basis of the argument many critics made concerning the use of quantum cryptography in the Swiss elections since, in this sense, copying a [...]

]]> By: Ian Durham http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-7273 Ian Durham Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:16:57 +0000 http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-7273 That's pretty funny. I could see them trying it for remote voting, but not machine voting. In fact, if I recall, one of the EU QCrypto research programs was ostensibly started as a means of developing a foil to the AUSCANZUKUS Echelon spy project since 99% of long-distance communication is via fiber optic cables these days. Maybe they're planning remote voting of some sort in the future in this is just a demonstration of the technology. That’s pretty funny. I could see them trying it for remote voting, but not machine voting. In fact, if I recall, one of the EU QCrypto research programs was ostensibly started as a means of developing a foil to the AUSCANZUKUS Echelon spy project since 99% of long-distance communication is via fiber optic cables these days. Maybe they’re planning remote voting of some sort in the future in this is just a demonstration of the technology.

]]> By: Robin Blume-Kohout http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-7244 Robin Blume-Kohout Sat, 13 Oct 2007 19:15:14 +0000 http://mattleifer.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/quantum-cryptography-to-be-used-in-swiss-election/#comment-7244 After reading through the news I could find, I concluded that it's almost exclusively a PR stunt. It's also an opportunity to work the kinks out of the system -- presumably id Quantique will benefit from having another opportunity to test their reliability -- but this isn't a practical application. For this purpose, you might as well put a copy of the results in the back of a station wagon and drive them to the central collection agency. It's a one-time deal, there's no obstacle to physical transport, and latency isn't a problem (within reason). After reading through the news I could find, I concluded that it’s almost exclusively a PR stunt. It’s also an opportunity to work the kinks out of the system — presumably id Quantique will benefit from having another opportunity to test their reliability — but this isn’t a practical application.

For this purpose, you might as well put a copy of the results in the back of a station wagon and drive them to the central collection agency. It’s a one-time deal, there’s no obstacle to physical transport, and latency isn’t a problem (within reason).

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