/newsroom/taxonomy/term/16635/all en /newsroom/channels/news/revolutionary-identity-verification-technique-offers-robust-solution-hacking-334564 <p>A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.</p> Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:36:14 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 283202 at /newsroom