Fiber optics may beat hackers

Fiber-optic communication is coming closer to becoming the next boom in worldwide communication, as researchers are using quantum physics to make it both secure and fast.

This means good news for consumers and businesses that are using the Internet for transmitting sensitive data such as banking records, personal information and even military communications.

Thanks to the laws of quantum mechanics, quantum cryptography sends information using laser light particles (photons)with encryption keys through fiber optics in order to secure communication.

So, hackers should take note that researchers -- like those at the University of Toronto -- have successfully completed a new technique that could nab eavesdroppers in the future.