quantum to secure swiss elections, page-10

Developed by id Quantique in collaboration with the Australian company Senetas, the Cerberis quantum cryptography system will be used to protect election data relayed over a fiber optic connection.

Unlike conventional Internet cryptography protocols, which use public key infrastructure, quantum cryptography relies on the principles of quantum uncertainty and generally involves encoding information into photons in a manner that will be noticeably and irreparably disrupted by any form of interception or monitoring. Thnxs for that BB