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Re: Fake random numbers? Bad programmers?

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From "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com>
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On 12/12/2016 11:17 PM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>
>> Does encryption protocols use random numbers at all?
>
> Yes. Cryptography often uses CSPRNGs whose 'seed' is from a true RNG.
> Most other applications which need 'random numbers' do not need to be
> that unpredictably random.

Then it's a lie. Because the so-called digital random number is never 
random.

Could we ditch *ALL* digital encryption software and hardware? :)

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