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Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over Internet For The First Time (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the upshot of this, even if the article's hyperbole is accurate? I'm assuming it's not as spooky or sci-fi as the terminology sounds to a monkey like me.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

It shows that it's possible to send entangled photons over existing fiber infrastructure without building something totally new, which as I understand it has applications in cryptography, secure communications, and quantum computing.