Government sponsors encryption on the cheap

The Federal Government has tipped $1.2 million into locally-developed quantum cryptography technology, which will be available to buy in a year.

The second-generation technology, called the Quantum Link Encryptor (QLE), promises to dramatically lower the cost of unbreakable quantum cryptography systems by using off-the-shelf telecommunications equipment, which is possible thanks to the use of a finely-tuned laser that transmits data — via redwolf.newsvine.com