Re: Quantum cryptography gets "practical"

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 06:27, Dave Howe wrote:

I have yet to see an advantage to QKE that even mildly justifies the limitations and cost over anything more than a trivial link (two buildings within easy walking distance, sending high volumes of extremely sensitive material between them)

But it's cool! More seriously, it has no advantage now, but maybe something will come up. The early telephones were about useless, too, remember. In the mean time, the coolness factor will keep people playing with it and researching it.