can be shared by up to three to four people, opening the possibility to the theory being applicable to secure messages being sent from many too many. The message will also remain secure if the devices receiving the message have been tampered with, like if an iPhone were hacked, because of the nature of entanglement. Discovering that it can be applied to a situation with more parties has the potential to create a more secure Internet – with less messages being intercepted from external parties. Honours and awards For Reid's contributions to the fields of quantum entanglement and non-locality, she was made a fellow of the Optical Society of America and a fellow of the American Physical Society. She was also awarded a visiting position at Harvard University and a JILA Fellowship at the University of Colorado in the USA. 2019, Moyal Medal, Macquarie University (first women physicist to receive the Moyal Medal) 2017, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics 2017, Fellow of the American Physical Society for "fundamental contributions to quantum information and quantum optics, in particular to tests of the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen (EPR) paradox, EPR steering, optical Bell tests, and quantum squeezing." 2014, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science 2007, Fellow of the Optical Society of America for "developing ways to test the fundamental concepts of nonlocality, squeezing, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradoxes, entanglement, and macroscopic superpositions in quantum optical systems." 1994, Australian Research Council QE2 Fellowship The Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (received in 2014) is a great accomplishment for any Australian scientist, but Reid sees it as further recognition for women scientists: "The idea that women are in any way inferior when it comes to doing physics or mathematics is a complete myth. Unfortunately, a big problem is that not all the great achievements made by the women physicists of the last century were properly recognised. But that has and will continue to change as more and more women are recognised for their contributions to science." References Australian physicists New Zealand physicists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science University of Auckland alumni Swinburne University of Technology faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian women physicists Fellows of the American Physical Society