• weker01@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    9 hours ago

    That’s a common misconception. You can measure a lot of ambient noise and extract entropy. Like time between inputs or how long it took an HDD to seek.

    Most modern PC CPUs even have dedicated hardware for generating random numbers from electrical ambient noise. I don’t trust them however.