It appears there may be an encryption method that actually outperforms Quantum technology, which is supposed to be the bar-none best security solution for encryption. The entire process has to do with resistors. Unfortuately, since engineering is not my forte, it is a little over my head. Nonetheless, it is a very interesting read.

A U.S. engineer has devised a seemingly foolproof and cheap way to encrypt messages using the natural noise caused by electrons flowing along a wire.

Data messages can be sent intermittently and camouflaged by this ‘thermal noise.’ It appears to be better than quantum key distribution (QKD) technology.

The engineer is Laszlo Kish of Texas A&M University. In his plan the sender and receiver both have the same pair of resistors attached to the physical cable; one produces a high resistance, the other a low one. As a voltage passes along the wire so-called thermal noise is generated and its amount varies with the resistance on the wire.[more]

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