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Eavesdropping on Semi-Quantum Secret Sharing Scheme of Specific Bits

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In a recent paper, Xie et al. (Int. Theor. Phys. 54, 3819–3824, 2015) proposed a semi-quantum secret sharing scheme based on specific bits. In this paper, a simple attack strategy (intercept-resend attack) is shown to prove that the Xie et al.’s scheme is not secure for a dishonest participant, and an improved protocol based on GHZ state is proposed. The improved protocol is secure and improves the efficiency of the previous one.

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We are grateful to the anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and detailed suggestions. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 61262079.

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Yin, A., Fu, F. Eavesdropping on Semi-Quantum Secret Sharing Scheme of Specific Bits. Int J Theor Phys 55, 4027–4035 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-016-3031-x

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