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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Generate random passwords with your mouse ... :-)
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 12:49:52 -0800
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On 3/6/2025 12:19 PM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 06/03/2025 20:09, Stefan Claas wrote:
>> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>>> On 06/03/2025 19:28, Stefan Claas wrote:
>>>> Marcel Logen wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One question I ask myself:
>>>>>
>>>>> Aren't you losing entropy when you use the modulo operation
>>>>> in the "bytes_to_chars" function? I wonder.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but this can be fixed by doubling the entropy
>>>
>>> Not all of us are prepared to wait that long.
>>
>> Well, and old saying of mine: "privacy cost time and money" ... ;-)
> 
> I can get quicker bits with dice.

What about rolling some d16 for hex?

https://mathartfun.com/d141518.html

> 
> I can see no reason why it takes so long on my system, which generally 
> trots along like Concorde on steroids. I've profiled your code to no 
> avail, and so, for me at least, it's simply not a practical proposition.
>