# A "Virtually Unhackable" Quantum Internet

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151>\
**Category:** Quantum Computing\
**Tags:** internet, security, quantum, quantum-internet\
**Created:** [25 July 2020 23:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151 "2020-07-25T23:21:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Exadra37](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/exadra37/32/683_2.png) [@Exadra37](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Exadra37)\
**Post date:** [25 July 2020 23:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151/1 "2020-07-25T23:21:40Z")

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The new Quantum Internet:

> **[U.S. Government Says It’s Building A ‘Virtually Unhackable’ Quantum Internet](https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/07/25/us-government-to-build-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet-within-10-years/#3ee0ce272b70)**
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> Does the future of secure internet communications sit with quantum networks? Possibly. Now about that virtually unhackable claim...

This will be a parallel internet to the one we use today with the goal of making virtually impossible to eyes drop data in transit:

> As such, it is not intended as a direct replacement for the internet as we know it. Instead, it would run in parallel as a supplementary network for the banking and health industries as well as serving the national security interest.

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [26 July 2020 00:50 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151/2 "2020-07-26T00:50:43Z")

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Will we be allowed to use it tho 😈

Seriously tho, I wonder when we’ll see quantum computing that is actually viable - from my understanding it is quite a way off yet? Maybe @Qqwy has some thoughts 😃

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**Author:** ![wolf4earth](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/wolf4earth/32/8094_2.png) [@wolf4earth](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/wolf4earth)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 06:41 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151/3 "2020-07-27T06:41:04Z")

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That’s pretty dope and reminds me of the post-apocalyptic transhuman roleplaying game [Eclipse Phase](https://www.eclipsephase.com/), where [quantum encrypted communication across the solar system is a means of traveling from A to B (by sending your digitalized mind)](https://eclipsephaserules.fandom.com/wiki/Communications#Quantum_Farcasters).

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 13:26 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151/4 "2020-07-27T13:26:23Z")

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> [@wolf4earth](#):
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> transhuman

I’m sure that would be a good topic for a thread - what’s next for humanity or what comes after humans 😃 😃 😃

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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [27 July 2020 20:13 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/a-virtually-unhackable-quantum-internet/1151/5 "2020-07-27T20:13:06Z")

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For note, it’s not that it’s unhackable, but rather that if there is an intermediary listener then you _know_ it, so you can stop sending encrypted data. This is still a huge boon.