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Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home by deschutes on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @12:34AM (#25055781)
This comment sums my thoughts on that issue:

> Using uninitialized data as entropy source is an AMAZING idea in first place. “Fixing” or “unfixing” doesn’t make it any better.

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Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home by deknos on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @02:23AM (#25056226)
uuh, no. perhaps it was initialized with zeros before. or with highly structured data. uninitialized data is not the same as external noise. i am rather glad, they think of that, it was a shame, that they oversaw this.
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