Mother of Mercy! Is this the end of hackers?

Aussie scientists create unbreakable diamond code NZHerald reports:

SYDNEY - Australian scientists believe they have developed an unbreakable information code to stop hackers, using a diamond, a kitchen microwave oven and an optical fibre.

Researchers at Melbourne University used the microwave to "fuse" a tiny diamond, just 1/1000th of a millimetre, onto an optical fibre, which could be used to create a single photon beam of light which they say cannot be hacked.

Photons are the smallest known particles of light. Until now, scientists could not produce a single-photon beam, thereby narrowing down the stream of light used to transmit information.

"When it comes to cryptology, it's not so much of a problem to have a coded message intercepted, the problem is getting the key (to decode it)," said university research fellow James Rabeau, who developed the diamond device.

"The single-photon beam makes for an unstealable key."

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Let's all hope this works -- hackers are expensive to all of us. They think their activities are just fun, but they impose significant costs on everyone who uses the internet. Certainly unbreakable codes are preferable to criminalization. On the other hand, this looks like an irresistable challenge for the hackers. Let the games begin.

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