> There are communication mechanisms which actually use quantum means
> to transmit information such that if it was intercepted in any way,
> you would know (so you could use this to transmit a one-time pad, and
> if anyone intercepted it, you just send a different one, until the
> whole things gets through uninterrupted).  Obviously, Quantum
> computers could not be used to attack such a mechanism.
Yes, but the problem is that these require special hardware, so they
wouldn't work over normal (read: internet) lines.


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