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Re:How random are TOTP codes? by ColinWright on Friday July 05, 2024 @05:52PM (#40886368)
More accurately, for 50% it's \sqrt(\ln(4))\sqrt(N) which is \sqrt( ln(4) N ).

That's about 1.17741 times \sqrt(N).

The reasons are explained here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40886363

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