"Bit by Bit" -- The Discovery Files

Researchers at MIT have improved upon a technique known as "frequency hopping," which protects data transmitted over the internet by sending them across random frequencies. Rather than randomize data in packets of thousands of bits, the MIT method does so with every 1 or 0 bit of data every microsecond -- the smaller data load and faster speed could make the information less likely to be intercepted by hackers.

Source: The Discovery Files - June 22, 2018 Category: Science Authors: National Science Foundation Source Type: podcasts