Re:How to safely generate a random number
by tptacek on Wednesday February 26, 2014 @08:17AM
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Oh, we're talking past each other. Sorry. When I said "post", I meant the story this thread links to, not the comment thread. I believe you read the comments in their entirety. I think if you reread the post, you'd see that it rebuts your argument.
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Re:How to safely generate a random number
by luke-stanley on Friday February 28, 2014 @04:24PM
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For encryption, the only way to be really secure is to have the same amount of randomness as there is data to encrypt, as a shared key. (A one time pad.)
This isn't that hard to do so long as you can give it to the people that need it ahead of time, and should solve all kinds of theoretical problems.
Mailing memory cards sealed in photoed glitter paint could work well too. It would be fun to 3D print a replica though.