Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate random numbers usin…

Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate …read more

  • Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 days ago

    It’s exactly how cloudflare generates random numbers, why shouldn’t it work for everyone else?

    Cloudflare uses more interesting images, namely a camera watching a wall of 100 lava lamps; but ultimately its the random noise in the video stream(s) creating the majority of the randomness. The lamps are just a spectacle for an interesting headline/blog post.