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Quantum Tech to Secure Upcoming Elections
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10-12-2007 1:24 PM
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quantum
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cryptography
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10-12-2007
6:05 PM
The REAL Napster
It doesn't matter how secure or good you make the data transfer. The defeatocrats will complain it was rigged anyways.
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