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Device-independent quantum cryptography with input leakage

Quantum Physics 2026-04-23 v1

Abstract

Device-independence is the gold standard of quantum cryptography. To meet this standard, a central assumption is that no information leakage occurs during protocol execution. We relax this assumption by analyzing CHSH-based randomness certification and key distribution with partial leakage of the inputs, modeled in terms of a noisy channel. Our results quantify the certifiable local randomness and the secret key rate as a function of the magnitude of the input leakage.

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@article{arxiv.2604.20573,
  title  = {Device-independent quantum cryptography with input leakage},
  author = {Víctor Zapatero and Marcos Curty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.20573},
  year   = {2026}
}

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5+2 pages, 3 figures

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