" Welcome to the Quantum Internet" - By Davide Castelvecch

[reynt0]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
  . . .
> There are no quantum encryption algorithms.  None.
>
> What we have is quantum key exchange, where you use a handful of qubits
> to negotiate a random session key in a way that an eavesdropped cannot
> listen in on the transaction.  If you're willing to burn up a _lot_ of
  . . .

(Without taking any position on the legitimacy or not of
any particular part of the quantum encryption field)
Wouldn't the claim be:  "cannot listen in on such a
transaction between Alice and Bob without affecting the
transaction in a detectable way"?