Quantum communication devices being explored by Indian firm Srei Infrastructure Finance to protect information against the upcoming threat posed by development of quantum computing also present major philosophical dilemmas arising in a future scenario of complete privacy, an expert here has emphasised.

“The world is not prepared for total privacy,” Serguei Beloussov, Chairman of the Board of the Russian Quantum Centre (RQC), told IANS on the sidelines of a global conference here on quantum technologies, organised by the RQC.

“Most governments the world over control their populations through control over information. So, if information becomes completely private, they would lose this control,” said Beloussov, a Russian-born Singaporean entrepreneur, who is also the Co-founder and Chairman of global data protection company Acronis, elaborating on the flip side of quantum communications, or quantum cryptography, being developed by RQC.