On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 09:10:02AM -0800, Razer wrote:I can't parse the technical stuff. Does the last paragraph mean they broke "old quantum crypto"?>From the abstract and the last paragraph of the article what I'm seeing is they can detect a hack on the data (apparently even if it's simply a regurgitation of the original) because the 'noise' created by the tampering itself appears to leave a 'standard recognizable signature'. But pardon if that's not the answer to the question you asked... as the Sj: line implies this is way above my pay-grade.On the cryptography mailing list there is summary for smart dummies: http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2017-February/031425.html