a new way to build quantum computers?

[Ed Gerck]

Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33425/118/
> 
> "Ann Arbor (MI) - University of Michigan scientists have discovered a
> breakthrough way to utilize light in cryptography. The new technique
> can crack even complex codes in a matter of seconds. Scientists believe
> this technique offers much advancement over current solutions and could
> serve to foil national and personal security threats if employed."...

It's a mater of (lack of) journalism English. The first paragraph phrase:
    "The new technique can crack even complex codes in a matter
    of seconds."
should have been written as:
    "The new technique may crack even complex codes in a matter
    of seconds."
The scientific authors, I believe, were more careful. Their technique
still has all the basic problems of QC built in.

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