How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption? (cloudflare.com) 2 points by sylvainkalache 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] minejerik 2y ago ↗ This is an interesting solution. My question would be, why couldn't they just point a camera out into the street? That would have some more randomness. [–] mytailorisrich 2y ago ↗ Because a big part of their solution is marketing/PR and a wall of lava lamps looks cool.(Edit: Also not sure pointing a camera at the street is that random) [–] minejerik 2y ago ↗ Fair enough.
[–] mytailorisrich 2y ago ↗ Because a big part of their solution is marketing/PR and a wall of lava lamps looks cool.(Edit: Also not sure pointing a camera at the street is that random) [–] minejerik 2y ago ↗ Fair enough.
[–] numeromancer 2y ago ↗ Is this a trial run for an April 1 article? [–] raverbashing 2y ago ↗ Yeah the lava lamps are a gimmickEvery processor built in the last 9 years has support for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRANDOr, you know, if you crank up the mic-in input gain on any PC you can get more randomness (even without a mic plugged in)
[–] raverbashing 2y ago ↗ Yeah the lava lamps are a gimmickEvery processor built in the last 9 years has support for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRANDOr, you know, if you crank up the mic-in input gain on any PC you can get more randomness (even without a mic plugged in)
[–] daviddever23box 2y ago ↗ It's all fun and games until someone modulates their AC mains feed with a deterministic pattern.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 23.6 ms ] thread(Edit: Also not sure pointing a camera at the street is that random)
Every processor built in the last 9 years has support for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND
Or, you know, if you crank up the mic-in input gain on any PC you can get more randomness (even without a mic plugged in)