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Re:RTL-entropy: Uses RTL-SDR to turn a DVB-T dongle into an ... by jk2323 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @07:22AM (#16696860)
Avalanche noise...

https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01257868826

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Re:RTL-entropy: Uses RTL-SDR to turn a DVB-T dongle into an ... by Tomte on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:17AM (#16697088)
No. The main problem is not the type of physical process, but the lack of any detection of failures.

Hardware fails. Can you reliably detect that? The board you linked to cannot at all. Most HWRNGs can, but only partially.

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