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Suppose Alice holds a classical orthogonal flag $F$ for the phase of a Bell state:Her local controlled phase correction $U=I_{AB}\otimes |0⟩⟨0{|}_F+(Z_A\otimes I_B)\otimes |1⟩⟨1{|}_F$ maps this to $|{\Phi }^{+}⟩⟨{\Phi }^{+}{|}_{AB}\otimes [p|0⟩⟨0|+(1-p)|1⟩⟨1|{]}_F$. Thus Alice and Bob recover an exact Bell pair without revealing its bit value. Even if Eve knows the flag, purity decouples a subsystem from its purification, so the corrected pair can supply a private bit. Discarding the flag first can instead yield a separable quantum state, as happens at $p=1/2$.

The normalized ray produces a secure key; the literal printed vector is not normalized. The squared norm of the coefficients in the PDF is $8/9+1/81=73/81$. Thus the physical pure state on that ray has normalized coefficients $6\sqrt{2}/\sqrt{73}$ and $1/\sqrt{73}$. This is a genuine entangled state with two nonzero Schmidt coefficients, and Eve is independent of it by purity decouples a subsystem from its purification.

For an explicit way to obtain uniform key bits, Alice applies a two-outcome local measurement in quantum mechanics with Kraus operatorsTheir squared products sum to the identity. The successful unnormalized state is $(|00⟩+|11⟩)/\sqrt{73}$, soAlice announces only success or failure. Success leaves an exact Bell pair, yielding one uniform secret bit; failure leaves $|00⟩$ and is discarded. With many copies the successful fraction is positive. Alternatively, direct computational basis measurements give a shared biased bit with probabilities $72/73$ and $1/73$, from which privacy amplification can extract uniform secret bits. The coefficient $1/9$ has not been silently replaced by $1/3$.

Secure in the intended ideal setting, with a sound entanglement-purification procedure. Bob confirms receipt before Alice reveals either the random basis string or the randomly chosen check positions. Eve must therefore release the travelling qubits before knowing which basis to use and which positions to protect from disturbance. Bob can then decode because $H^2=I$.

The random check sample tests the same ensemble of encoded transmissions as the retained data. Random computational basis and Hadamard basis encodings make the test sensitive to complementary disturbances; Eve cannot use the targeted zero-error attack available in Protocol 1. For example, measuring every intercepted qubit in one fixed one of these two bases uses the wrong basis half the time, and then disagrees with Alice half the time, producing a bit error rate of $1/4$. A sound entanglement purification protocol uses the tested error bounds, corrects both relevant types of error, and aborts if the noise is too high; secrecy is not claimed for every possible attack without an abort option.

When the protocol succeeds in producing nearly perfect Bell pairs, purity decouples a subsystem from its purification explains why they are nearly independent of Eve, and matching computational basis measurements produce an approximately uniform shared secret key. The disclosed check outcomes are discarded rather than included in that key. This is the standard entanglement-based quantum key distribution ordering: receipt first, basis and sample disclosure second, testing and purification next, and private measurements last.

The relevant security model gives Eve the purifying system and access to the public transcript. A useful preliminary fact is that purity decouples a subsystem from its purification. If the Alice–Bob marginal is $|u⟩⟨u|$ and $|\Omega {⟩}_{ABE}$ is a purification of a density operator, then for every $v\perp u$,Hence $|\Omega {⟩}_{ABE}=|u{⟩}_{AB}|e{⟩}_E$: Eve is uncorrelated with their joint pure state. A Bell pair then supplies a uniform shared secret bit when both parties measure in the computational basis. Pure product states have no shared random correlations, while a mixed state must be assessed with its purifying information included. The classifications below use the usual quantum key distribution setting with an authenticated public classical channel; no full security proof is required.