Secure communication is emerging as a significant challenge for our hyper-connected data-dependent society. The answer may lie in a clever combination of quantum and classical cryptographic techniques.
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Diamanti, E., Kashefi, E. Best of both worlds. Nature Phys 13, 3–4 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3972
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