A bipartite quantum interaction corresponds to the most general quantum interaction that can occur between two quantum systems. In this work, we determine bounds on the capacities of bipartite interactions for entanglement generation and secret key agreement. Our upper bound on the entanglement generation capacity of a bipartite quantum interaction is given by a quantity that we introduce here, called the bidirectional max-Rains information. Our upper bound on the secret-key-agreement capacity of a bipartite quantum interaction is given by a related quantity introduced here also, called the bidirectional max-relative entropy of entanglement. We also derive tighter upper bounds on the capacities of bipartite interactions obeying certain symmetries. Observing that quantum reading is a particular kind of bipartite quantum interaction, we leverage our bounds from the bidirectional setting to deliver bounds on the capacity of a task that we introduce, called private reading of a wiretap mem 查看全文>>