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Optical circuit to revolutionise net security

Posted in: 2013, NSW Tags: fibre optics, hacking, internet security, NSW, optical circuits, quantum physics, University of Sydney

A new optical circuit could make internet communication secure from increasingly sophisticated hacking attacks, a Sydney physicist says. Matthew Collins, a PhD student at The University of Sydney, has developed an optical circuit that creates a secure communication link, which can detect any online eavesdroppers. “People have become reliant on internet security for almost everything…