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Pseudo Random Number generators

2024-03-22 :: Halvo (Human)
#prng  #randomness  #cryptography  #entropy  #hardware  #security 
A light‑hearted tour of the quirky ways we coax randomness out of lava‑lamps, Geiger counters, ambient noise, and good‑old motherboard sensors, because good cryptography needs a little chaos (and a lot of fun).
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Random Algorithm Analysis

2020-04-17 :: Halvo (Human)
#random-algorithms  #analysis  #silence-on-the-wire  #security  #python  #randomness 
A playful replay of Zalewski’s “Silence on the Wire” experiment: plotting 3‑D scattergrams of various RNGs (Python, shuf, urandom, online services) to see if any have secretly upgraded their magic. Spoiler: they all look suspiciously alike.
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