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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Torvalds Slams Theoretical Security
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:13:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:10:06 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 22:19 this Thursday (GMT):
>
>> Unfortunately, you can never be sure your RNG is good.
> 
> You could always do what random.org does and read background radiation.
> Probably.

You can read anything you like. You can never be sure that the digital 
bits your CPU sees bear any relation to the raw random data your sensor 
was picking up.