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Re:Pseudo-Random vs. True Random (2012) by tialaramex on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @01:38AM (#23841732)
I feel like the question you've suggested people ask themselves is a bit over-complicated. Maybe the right way to phrase the question is instead just:

Can somebody else guess these numbers?

It doesn't actually matter whether bad guys can guess your numbers because you use Python's non-cryptographic PRNG or because you mistakenly overwrote the genuinely random numbers you had with zeroes, or they've planted a physical device inside your computer stealing the random numbers used, it only matters that they can guess the numbers.

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