Boffins working at Toshiba's Cambridge UK Research Laboratory have developed a special detector that allows them to send data using individual quantum physics particles, such as photons (light) or electrons, with a secure bit rate exceeding 1Mbps over a 50km fibre optic cable.


The method effectively offers a theoretically unbreakable solution for securing data because any attempt to intercept the key would change it and also expose the hacking activity. Heads are likely to explode if we attempt to grasp the intricacies (my head already hurts enough from String Theory).


Granted 1Mbps isn't terribly fast, though previously it was only possible to send such data through the air over very short distances. The new development brings this technology into the realms of practicality. That would certainly make it difficult for the government or music industry to see what you're doing online :cool: .