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Re:Open Letter from Governments to Facebook Is an All-Out At... by bouncycastle on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:24AM (#21192635)
Hardware random number generators poof of correctness comes from... physics.

Unless there is some fundamental hole in our understanding of physics, including thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, HRNG are the best source.

Using cryptographic ciphers for pseudorandom functions can be catastrophic, as seeding them correctly is a problem. (You still need some entropy from outside for seeding)

Of course, using one time pads is not really practical either.

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