Relativity could ensure security for cash machines

Relativity could ensure security for cash machines

Entering your personal identification number using the keypad of a cash machine is notoriously insecure. A clever application of the special theory of relativity could make identification safer. Identification protocol uses Einstein’s theory to evade fakes.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 2021-11, Vol.599 (7883), p.36-37
1. Verfasser: Brassard, Gilles
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Cryptography
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Personal identification numbers
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Relativity
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Zusammenfassung:Entering your personal identification number using the keypad of a cash machine is notoriously insecure. A clever application of the special theory of relativity could make identification safer. Identification protocol uses Einstein’s theory to evade fakes.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-021-02950-4