Reply to “Comment to ‘The laws of physics do not prohibit counterfactual communication’ ”

In his Comment on our recent paper “The laws of physics do not prohibit counterfactual communication”, npj Quantum Information (2022) 8:60, Popescu argues that the claims of the paper are invalid. Here, we refute his argument, showing that it is based on ignoring the specifics of what we set out to...

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Published in:	npj Quantum Information
Main Authors:	Hatim Salih, Jonte R. Hance, Will McCutcheon, John Rarity
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-06-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-025-01043-8

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