Worldwide Quantum Security? Hmmm

Found this article today on an Optics website: 

Thought it interesting on a day where a rocket is launched into space, and in an age where security is ever more penetrable, including our own:

A team of physicists from Austria has sent pairs of entangled photons, which can be used to encrypt messages with complete security, between telescopes spaced 144 km apart in the Canary Islands. The researchers say that preserving entanglement over this distance shows the feasibility of carrying out quantum cryptography using a worldwide network of satellites.

What is Quantum Entanglement? Well, this video explains it:

"If you want to do worldwide quantum cryptography then you need to go to space. This is the final proof of principle demonstration," says Ursin, who adds that fibre-optic cable is not a viable alternative to this free-space communication because entangled-particle beams are completely attenuated after passing through anything more than about 100 km of cable.

The next frontier in remote access wars, plagues, and pandemonium?

Or the future of smart metering?

Or a nice timely reminder to be aware of our enchanted life between infinity and the stars?

Heaven Knows!

Ad astra per aspera, friends!