"Bennett and Brassard's theory - known as BB84 - shows that any attempt to hack or copy their quantum encryption key changes the very behaviour of its elements, making replication impossible. In the announcement on Wednesday, the Association of Computer Machinery - the body that awards the Turing Award, praised their work as a "pathway toward securing digital communications in the decades ahead"."
"Current encryption technology relies on complex mathematical combinations, but many scientists believe that the arrival of quantum computers will make this insecure. By contrast, Bennett and Brassard's theory based on quantum physics shows that their quantum encryption approach provides security that cannot be compromised by future computational advances."
"Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work, which dates back to 1984, is known as quantum cryptography and has "redefined secure communication and computing". Scientists believe their work will be central to electronic communications in a world that depends heavily on data-sharing, but which for years has been trying to develop more powerful quantum computers."
Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard have been awarded the Turing Award for their 1984 invention of quantum cryptography, a revolutionary encryption method that redefines secure communication. Their BB84 technique uses quantum physics principles to create encryption keys that cannot be copied or hacked without detection, as any tampering alters the quantum elements themselves. Unlike current encryption relying on complex mathematics vulnerable to future quantum computers, their approach provides theoretically unbreakable security. Bennett, an IBM fellow, and Brassard, a University of Montreal professor, met at a 1979 conference and collaborated for decades. The Association of Computer Machinery recognizes their work as essential for securing digital communications in an increasingly data-dependent world facing quantum computing threats.
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